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Conflict
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North -West Frontier 1919-1939
North -West Frontier 1919-1939
Russian Civil War 1917-1925
Sudan War 1885
The International Force East Timor 1999-2000
Third Anglo-Afghan War 1919
United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor (UNMISET) 2002-2005
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
Service
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Australian Army
Australian Army Nursing Service
Australian Flying Corps
Australian Imperial Force
Australian Imperial Force, British Army
Australian Military Forces
British Army
British Indian Army
Civilian War Artist
Civilian War Correspondent
Royal Air Force
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Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC, MG
Conflict:
The International Force East Timor 1999-2000, War in Afghanistan 2001-2021, Iraq War 2003-2013
Unit:
Special Air Service Regiment 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment
Date of action:
11 July 2010
Place of action:
Tizak, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
James Rogers VC
Conflict:
Second South African (Boer) War 1899-1902, World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
South African Constabulary, 1st Victorian Mounted Infantry Company, 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade Train AIF
Date of action:
15 June 1901
Place of action:
Thaba 'Nchu, Orange Free State (now South Africa)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
William Ruthven VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
22nd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Date of action:
19 May 1918
Place of action:
Ville-sur-Ancre, France
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Edward John Francis Ryan VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
55th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Date of action:
30 September 1918
Place of action:
Bellicourt, France
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Clifford William King Sadlier VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
1st Australian General Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps, 51st Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 1st (Perth) Volunteer Defence Corps Battalion
Date of action:
24 July 1918
Place of action:
Villers-Bretonneux, France
Medal location:
St Georges Cathedral, Perth
Edward Sheean VC
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
HMAS Armidale, HMAS Kuttabul
Date of action:
12 August 2020
Place of action:
HMAS Armidale
Medal location:
Hall of Valour, Australian War Memorial
Alfred John Shout VC, MC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, Second South African (Boer) War 1899-1902
Unit:
1st Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, Border Horse New Zealand Volunteer Force
Date of action:
9 September 1915
Place of action:
Lone Pine, Gallipoli Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Rayene Stewart Simpson VC, DCM
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945, Malayan Emergency 1948-1960, Korean War 1950-1953, Vietnam War 1962-1975
Unit:
41/2 Infantry Battalion, 2/3 Pioneer Battalion, Advanced Ordnance Depot, 26th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Special Air Service Company, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, 1st Battalion, Royal New South Wales Regiment
Date of action:
6 May 1969
Place of action:
Kontum Province, South Vietnam (now Vietnam)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Leslie Thomislav Starcevich VC
Conflict:
World War II 1939-1945, Borneo 1942-1945, North Africa and Syria 1940–1942
Unit:
2/43rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd AIF
Date of action:
28 June 1945
Place of action:
Beaufort, British North Borneo (now Malaysia)
Medal location:
Army Museum of Western Australia
Percy Clyde Statton VC, MM
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
40th Infantry Battalion, AIF
Date of action:
12 August 1918
Place of action:
Proyart, France
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Percy Valentine Storkey VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
19th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Date of action:
7 April 1918
Place of action:
Hangard Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux, France
Medal location:
National Army Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand
Arthur Percy Sullivan VC
Conflict:
Russian Civil War 1917-1925, World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
45th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers British Army, 10th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Date of action:
10 July 1919
Place of action:
"Sheika River, south of Arkhangelsk Russia
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
William John Symons VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
7th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Date of action:
8 July 1915
Place of action:
Lone Pine, Gallipoli Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Hugo Vivian Hope Throssell VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
10th Light Horse Regiment, AIF
Date of action:
29 July 1915
Place of action:
Hill 60, Gallipoli Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Edgar Thomas Towner VC, MC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
25th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion AIF, 26th Battalion CMF
Date of action:
1 September 1918
Place of action:
Mont St. Quentin, France
Medal location:
Privately held
Frederick Harold Tubb VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
7th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Date of action:
9 September 1915
Place of action:
Lone Pine, Gallipoli Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
Blair Anderson Wark VC, DSO
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918, World War II 1939-1945
Unit:
32nd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 1st Battalion AMF
Date of action:
29 September 1918
Place of action:
Bellicourt, France
Medal location:
Queensland Museum
Lawrence Carthage Weathers VC
Conflict:
World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
43rd Infantry Battalion, AIF
Date of action:
2 September 1918
Place of action:
Péronne, France
Medal location:
Privately held
Kevin Arthur Wheatley VC, MG
Conflict:
Vietnam War 1962-1975, Malayan Emergency 1948-1960
Unit:
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment
Date of action:
13 November 1965
Place of action:
Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam (now Vietnam)
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
John Woods Whittle VC, DCM
Conflict:
Second South African (Boer) War 1899-1902, World War I 1914-1918
Unit:
12th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 26th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 2nd Imperial Bushmen Tasmanian, 4th Continge Northern Territory, HMAS Challenger, HMAS Pioneer
Date of action:
9 April 1915
Place of action:
Boursies & Lagnicourt, France
Medal location:
Australian War Memorial
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