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Victoria Cross Recipients
Victoria Cross Recipients
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Conflict
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Sudan War 1885
South African War 1899-1902
Second South African (Boer) War 1899-1902
World War I 1914-1918
North Russia 1919
World War II 1939-1945
North Africa and Syria 1940–1942
Borneo 1942-1945
British Commonwealth Occupation Force 1945-1952
Peace operations since 1947
Korean War 1950-1953
Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966
Malayan Emergency 1948-1960
Vietnam War 1962-1975
Cyprus (UNFICYP) 1964-
Namibia (UNTAG) 1989-1990
Gulf War 1990-1991
First Gulf War 1991
Cambodia UNTAC 1992-1993
Mozambique (ONUMOZ) 1992-1994
Somalia 1992-1995
Rwanda (UNAMIR) 1993-1996
INTERFET 1999-2000
East Timor 1999-2013
Solomon Islands IPMT 2000-2002
War in Afghanistan 2001-2021
Second Gulf War 2003-2009
Iraq War 2003-2013
Solomon Islands (RAMSI) 2003-2013
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Australian Imperial Force
British Army
British Indian Army
Civilian War Correspondent
Royal Air Force
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Thomas Leslie Axford VC, MM
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
16th Infantry Battalion, AIF
Date of action:
4 June 1918
Place of action:
Hamel Wood, France
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Albert Chalmers Borella VC, MM
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
26th Infantry Battalion, AIF
Date of action:
17 June 1918
Place of action:
Villers-Bretonneux, France
Medal location:
Privately held
Albert Edward Chowne VC, MM
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
2/2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd AIF, 2/13 Australian Infantry Battalion, 36th Militia Battalion
Date of action:
25 March 1945
Place of action:
Dagua, New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
John Alexander French VC
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
2/9 Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of action:
4 September 1942
Place of action:
Milne Bay, Papua (now Papua New Guinea)
Medal location:
Privately held
James Hannah Gordon VC
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of action:
10 July 1941
Place of action:
Djezzine, Syria
Medal location:
Privately held
John Patrick Hamilton VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
3rd Infantry Battalion, AIF
Date of action:
9 September 1915
Place of action:
Lone Pine, Gallipoli Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Richard Kelliher VC
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of action:
13 September 1943
Place of action:
Nadzab, New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
William Henry Kibby VC
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of action:
Place of action:
Medal location:
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