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The Australian War Memorial which currently holds 61 VCs.

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy"[1] to members of the Australia Armed Forces. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service, and to civilians under military command. Being the highest award in the Australian Honours Order of Precedence, the Victoria Cross takes precedence over all other postnominals and Australian orders and decorations. The Victoria Cross was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, initially to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. Because of its rarity and inherent significance, the VC is highly prized, both as an award and as a collector's item, with one medal being sold for over AU$1 million at auction.[2] Australians have received the Victoria Cross under the Imperial honours system and later under the Australian Honours System, when in 1991 a new but equivalent award was established by letters patent within the Commonwealth of Australia and its Territories, known as the Victoria Cross for Australia.

The Imperial Victoria Cross has been awarded to ninety-six Australians—91 were received for actions whilst serving with Australian forces, and another 5 were received for actions whilst serving with South African and British forces. The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. 20 medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, 6 in the Second Boer War, 4 in the Vietnam War and 2 in the Russian Civil War.[1] Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously.[3] Notably, one recipient—Captain Alfred John Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine.[4] Another nineteen VCs have been awarded to soldiers who were either born in Australia, or died there, but did not serve in Australian units and as such these are not included in this list.[5]

The Victoria Cross for Australia has been awarded only once, to Trooper Mark Donaldson for actions under heavy fire whilst serving in the Australian Special Air Service in Afghanistan. As this is a separate award, Donaldson is also not included in this list.

Recipients

      This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously
AWM = This denotes that the medal is held at the Australian War Memorial

Name
 Date of action
 Conflict
 Unit
 Place of action
 Location of medal
Anderson, CharlesCharles Anderson 1942 Second World War 2/19th Battalion Muar River, Malaya AWM
Axford, ThomasThomas Axford 1918 First World War 16th Battalion Hamel Wood, France AWM
Badcoe, PeterPeter Badcoe 1967* Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Huong Tra, Vietnam South Australian
Museum[6]
Beatham, RobertRobert Beatham 1918* First World War 8th Battalion Rosieres, France Queensland Museum
South Bank[7][8]
Bell, FrederickFrederick Bell 1901 Second Boer War West Australia Mounted Infantry Transvaal, South Africa Western Australian
Museum[9]
Birks, FrederickFrederick Birks 1917* First World War 6th Battalion Ypres, Belgium AWM
Bisdee, JohnJohn Bisdee 1900 Second Boer War Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Transvaal, South Africa Tasmanian Museum
and Art Gallery[10]
Blackburn, ArthurArthur Blackburn 1916 First World War 10th Battalion Pozières, France AWM
Borella, AlbertAlbert Borella 1918 First World War 26th Battalion Villers-Bretonneux, France Privately held
Brown, WalterWalter Brown 1918 First World War 20th Battalion Villers-Bretonneux, France AWM
Buckley, AlexanderAlexander Buckley 1918* First World War 54th Battalion Péronne, France AWM
Buckley, MauriceMaurice Buckley 1918 First World War 13th Battalion Le Verguier, France AWM
Bugden, PatrickPatrick Bugden 1917* First World War 31st Battalion Zonnebeke, Belgium Queensland Museum
South Bank[7]
Burton, AlexanderAlexander Burton 1915* First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Carroll, JohnJohn Carroll 1917 First World War 33rd Battalion St. Yves, Belgium AWM
Cartwright, GeorgeGeorge Cartwright 1918 First World War 33rd Battalion Bouchavesnes, France Imperial War Museum
London[11]
Castleton, ClaudeClaude Castleton 1916* First World War Australian Machine Gun Corps Pozières, France AWM
Cherry, PercyPercy Cherry 1917* First World War 26th Battalion Lagnicourt, France AWM
Chowne, AlbertAlbert Chowne 1945* Second World War 2/2nd Battalion Dagua, New Guinea AWM
Cooke, ThomasThomas Cooke 1916* First World War 8th Battalion Pozières, France Army Museum
New Zealand[12]
Currey, WilliamWilliam Currey 1918 First World War 53rd Battalion Péronne, France AWM
Cutler, RodenRoden Cutler 1941 Second World War 2/5th Field Regiment, RRoAA Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon AWM
Dalziel, HenryHenry Dalziel 1918 First World War 15th Battalion Hamel Wood, France Privately held
Dartnell, WilburWilbur Dartnell 1915* First World War 25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Maktau, Kenya AWM
Davey, PhilipPhilip Davey 1918 First World War 10th Battalion Merris, France AWM
Derrick, TomTom Derrick 1943 Second World War 2/48th Battalion Sattelberg, New Guinea AWM
Dunstan, WilliamWilliam Dunstan 1915 First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Dwyer, JohnJohn Dwyer 1917 First World War Australian Machine Gun Corps Zonnebeke, Belgium AWM
Edmondson, JohnJohn Edmondson 1941* Second World War 2/17th Battalion Tobruk, Libya AWM
Edwards, HughieHughie Edwards 1941 Second World War No. 105 Squadron RAF Bremen, Germany AWM
French, JohnJohn French 1942* Second World War 2/9th Battalion Milne Bay, Papua Privately held
Gaby, AlfredAlfred Gaby 1918* First World War 28th Battalion Villers-Bretonneux, France Tasmanian Museum
and Art Gallery[10]
Gordon, BernardBernard Gordon 1918 First World War 41st Battalion Bray, France AWM
Gordon, JamesJames Gordon 1941 Second World War 2/31st Battalion Djezzine, Syria Privately held
Gratwick, PercivalPercival Gratwick 1942* Second World War 2/4th Battalion El Alamein, Egypt Army Museum of
Western Australia[13]
Grieve, RobertRobert Grieve 1917 First World War 37th Battalion Messines, Belgium Shrine of Remembrance
Melbourne[14][15]
Gurney, ArthurArthur Gurney 1942* Second World War 2/48th Battalion Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt AWM
Hall, ArthurArthur Hall 1918 First World War 54th Battalion Péronne, France AWM
Hamilton, JohnJohn Hamilton 1915 First World War 3rd Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Howell, GeorgeGeorge Howell 1917 First World War 1st Battalion Bullecourt, France Maryborough Military &
Colonial Museum[16]
Howse, NevilleNeville Howse 1900 Second Boer War New South Wales Medical Staff Corps Vredefort, South Africa AWM
Ingram, GeorgeGeorge Ingram 1918 First World War 24th Battalion Montbrehain, France AWM
Inwood, ReginaldReginald Inwood 1917 First World War 10th Battalion Polygon Wood, Belgium Adelaide Town Hall[17]
Jacka, AlbertAlbert Jacka 1915 First World War 14th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Jackson, WilliamWilliam Jackson 1916 First World War 17th Battalion Armentieres, France Privately held
Jeffries, Clarence SmithClarence Smith Jeffries 1917* First World War 34th Battalion Passchendaele, Belgium Christ Church Cathedral,
Newcastle, N.S.W.[18]
Jensen, Joergen ChristianJoergen Christian Jensen 1917 First World War 50th Battalion Noreuil, France AWM
Joynt, WilliamWilliam Joynt 1918 First World War 8th Battalion Herleville Wood, France Privately held
Kelliher, RichardRichard Kelliher 1943 Second World War 2/25th Battalion Nadzab, New Guinea AWM
Kenna, EdwardEdward Kenna 1945 Second World War 2/4th Battalion Wewak, New Guinea Privately held[19]
Kenny, ThomasThomas Kenny 1917 First World War 2nd Battalion Hermies, France AWM
Keysor, LeonardLeonard Keysor 1915 First World War 1st Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Kibby, WilliamWilliam Kibby 1942* Second World War 2/48th Battalion El Alamein, Egypt AWM
Kingsbury, BruceBruce Kingsbury 1942* Second World War 2/14th Battalion Isurava, Papua AWM
Leak, JohnJohn Leak 1916 First World War 9th Battalion Pozières, France Privately held
Lowerson, AlbertAlbert Lowerson 1918 First World War 21st Battalion Mont St. Quentin, France AWM
MacKey, JohnJohn MacKey 1945* Second World War 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion Tarakan Island, Borneo AWM
MacTier, RobertRobert MacTier 1918* First World War 23rd Battalion Mont St. Quentin, France AWM
Maxwell, JosephJoseph Maxwell 1918 First World War 18th Battalion Estrees, France AWM
Maygar, LeslieLeslie Maygar 1901 Second Boer War 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Geelhoutboom, South Africa AWM
McCarthy, LawrenceLawrence McCarthy 1918 First World War 16th Battalion Madam Wood, France AWM
McDougall, StanleyStanley McDougall 1918 First World War 47th Battalion Dernancourt, France AWM
McGee, LewisLewis McGee 1917* First World War 40th Battalion Ypres, Belgium Queen Victoria Museum
and Art Gallery,
Launceston[20]
McNamara, FrankFrank McNamara 1917 First World War No. 1 Squadron AFC Tel el Hesi, Palestine RAF Museum, London[21]
Middleton, RawdonRawdon Middleton 1942* Second World War RAAF attached No. 149 Squadron RAF Turin, Italy AWM
Moon, RupertRupert Moon 1917 First World War 58th Battalion Bullecourt, France AWM
Murray, HarryHarry Murray 1917 First World War 13th Battalion Gueudecourt, France Privately held
Newland, JamesJames Newland 1917 First World War 12th Battalion Bapaume, France AWM
Newton, WilliamWilliam Newton 1943* Second World War No. 22 Squadron RAAF New Guinea AWM
O'Meara, MartinMartin O'Meara 1916 First World War 16th Battalion Pozières, France Army Museum of
Western Australia[13]
Partridge, FrankFrank Partridge 1945 Second World War 8th (Militia) Battalion Bougainville, New Guinea Privately held
Payne, KeithKeith Payne 1969 Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Ben Het, Vietnam Maryborough Military &
Colonial Museum[19][22]
Pearse, SamuelSamuel Pearse 1919 North Russia Relief Force 45th Battalion, RF Emtsa, Russia Privately held
Peeler, WalterWalter Peeler 1917 First World War 3rd Pioneer Battalion Ypres, Belgium AWM
Pope, CharlesCharles Pope 1917* First World War 11th Battalion Louveral, France AWM
Rattey, ReginaldReginald Rattey 1945 Second World War 25th Battalion Bougainville, New Guinea Privately held
Rogers, JamesJames Rogers 1901 Second Boer War South African Constabulary Thaba 'Nchu, South Africa AWM
Ruthven, WilliamWilliam Ruthven 1918 First World War 22nd Battalion Ville-sur-Ancre, France AWM
Ryan, JohnJohn Ryan 1918 First World War 55th Battalion Hindenburg Defences, France AWM
Sadlier, CliffordClifford Sadlier 1918 First World War 51st Battalion Villers-Bretonneux, France St George's Cathedral
Perth W.A.[23]
Shout, AlfredAlfred Shout 1915* First World War 1st Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Simpson, RayeneRayene Simpson 1969 Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Kontum Province, Vietnam AWM
Starcevich, LeslieLeslie Starcevich 1945 Second World War 2/43rd Battalion Beaufort, British North Borneo Army Museum of
Western Australia[13]
Statton, PercyPercy Statton 1918 First World War 40th Battalion Proyart, France AWM
Storkey, PercyPercy Storkey 1918 First World War 19th Battalion Hangard Wood, France Army Museum
New Zealand[12]
Sullivan, ArthurArthur Sullivan 1919 North Russia Relief Force 45th Battalion, RF Sheika River, Russia AWM
Symons, WilliamWilliam Symons 1915 First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Throssell, HugoHugo Throssell 1915 First World War 10th Light Horse Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Towner, EdgarEdgar Towner 1918 First World War Australian Machine Gun Corps Mont St. Quentin, France Privately held
Tubb, FrederickFrederick Tubb 1915 First World War 7th Battalion Gallipoli, Turkey AWM
Wark, BlairBlair Wark 1918 First World War 32nd Battalion Bellicourt, France Queensland Museum
South Bank[7][24]
Weathers, LawrenceLawrence Weathers 1918 First World War 43rd Battalion Peronne, France Privately held
Wheatley, KevinKevin Wheatley 1965* Vietnam War Australian Army Training Team Tra Bong, Vietnam AWM
Whittle, JohnJohn Whittle 1917 First World War 12th Battalion Boursies, France Privately held
Woods, JamesJames Woods 1918 First World War 48th Battalion Le Verguier, France AWM
Wylly, GuyGuy Wylly 1900 Second Boer War Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen Warm Baths, South Africa Tasmanian Museum
and Art Gallery[10]

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ a b "VC for Australia" (PDF). Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/publications/honours/factsheets/victorian_cross_%20for_australia.pdf. Retrieved 2007-07-02. 
  2. ^ "Gallipoli VC medal sets auction record". The Age. 2006-07-24. http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Gallipoli-VC-medal-sets-auction-record/2006/07/24/1153593264537.html. Retrieved 2007-01-30. 
  3. ^ Wigmore 1986, p. 14.
  4. ^ "Bravery awards at Gallipoli". Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affairs. http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/5environment/bravery.html. Retrieved 2007-11-09. 
  5. ^ Wigmore 1986, pp. 180–187.
  6. ^ "Major Badcoe's Victoria Cross and Yandruwandha Breast Plate Exhibits". South Australian Museum. http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/page/default.asp?site=1&id=1982&fragPage=1. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
  7. ^ a b c "Victoria Cross". Queensland Museum South Bank. Government of Queensland. http://www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/courage/vc.asp. Retrieved 2008-10-08. 
  8. ^ Robert Beatham's medal, owned by Mr Neil Jenman and Mrs Ruth Jenman, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.
  9. ^ Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Bell, victoriacross.org.uk
  10. ^ a b c VC medals in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, victoriacross.org.uk
  11. ^ Anthony Staunton, Cartwright, George (1894 - 1978), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 379. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
  12. ^ a b VC medals in the Army Museum, New Zealand, victoriacross.org.uk
  13. ^ a b c Items of significance, Army Museum of Western Australia, 4 Jan 2009. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
  14. ^ Wilson, Neil (2003-08-09). "Rise & shrine". Herald Sun: p. 6. 
  15. ^ Robert Grieve's medal is on loan to the Shrine by its owners, Wesley College
  16. ^ Queensland VC Locations, victoriacross.org.uk
  17. ^ "Reginald Roy Inwood’s - Victoria Cross Medal". Adelaide City Council. http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/scripts/nc.dll?ADCC:STANDARD::pc=PC_196. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
  18. ^ Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries Memorial Park (Abermain), Register of War Memorials in New South Wales, 2002. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
  19. ^ a b With the death of Edward Kenna (born 1919) on 8 July 2009, Keith Payne (born 1933) is the only member of this list still living. (Mark Donaldson was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia.
  20. ^ Co Sergeant Major Lewis McGee, victoriacross.org.uk
  21. ^ VC medals in the RAF Museum, London, victoriacross.org.uk
  22. ^ "Keith Payne, VC". Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum. http://www.maryboroughmuseum.org/kpayne.html. Retrieved 2008-10-10. 
  23. ^ "A History and Detailed Guide to St George's Cathedral", Revised 2007, pp.10&14. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
  24. ^ Blair Wark's medal, owned by the United Service Club Queensland, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.
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