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Richard Kelliher VC
Born:
1 September 1910
Died:
28 January 1963
Unit:
2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
QX20656
Richard Leslie Norden VC
Born:
24 August 1948
Died:
30 October 1972
Unit:
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment
Service:
Australian Army
Service number:
2412437
Robert Cuthbert Grieve VC
Born:
19 June 1889
Died:
4 October 1957
Unit:
37th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Army
Service number:
V350783
Robert Mactier VC
Born:
17 May 1890
Died:
1 September 1918
Unit:
23rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
6939
Robert Matthew Beatham VC
Born:
16 June 1894
Died:
9 August 1918
Unit:
8th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
2056, 2742
Rupert Theo Vance Moon VC
Born:
14 August 1892
Died:
28 February 1986
Unit:
58th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
153
Samuel George Pearse VC MM
Born:
16 July 1897
Died:
29 August 1919
Unit:
45th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
2870, 133002
Stanley Robert McDougall VC MM
Born:
23 July 1889
Died:
9 July 1968
Unit:
47th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
4061
Thomas Cooke VC
Born:
5 July 1881
Died:
28 July 1916
Unit:
8th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 24th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
3055
Thomas Currie Derrick VC DCM
Born:
20 March 1914
Died:
24 May 1945
Unit:
2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
SX7964
Thomas James Bede Kenny VC
Born:
28 September 1896
Died:
15 April 1953
Unit:
2nd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 54th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
4195
Thomas Leslie Axford VC MM
Born:
18 June 1894
Died:
11 October 1983
Unit:
16th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, Headquarters Western Command AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
3399, W18283
Walter Ernest Brown VC DCM
Born:
3 July 1885
Died:
28 February 1942
Unit:
20th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 1st Australian Field Butchery AIF, 2nd Australian Field Butcher AIF, 55th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 2/15th Field Artillery Regiment AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
1689, 1689A, NX35492
Walter Peeler VC BEM
Born:
9 August 1887
Died:
23 May 1968
Unit:
3rd Australian Pioneer Battalion AIF, 2/2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Army
Service number:
114, VX8345
William Donovan Joynt VC
Born:
19 March 1889
Died:
5 May 1986
Unit:
8th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 3rd Garrison Battalion CMF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
V80044
William Dunstan VC
Born:
8 March 1895
Died:
2 March 1957
Unit:
7th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 70th Infantry (Ballarat Regiment) CMF, 18th Infantry Brigade CMF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
2130
William Ellis Newton VC
Born:
8 June 1919
Died:
29 March 1943
Unit:
No. 22 Squadron RAAF
Service:
Royal Australian Air Force
Service number:
748, 250748
William Henry Kibby VC
Born:
15 April 1903
Died:
31 October 1942
Unit:
2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
SX7089
William John Symons VC
Born:
12 July 1889
Died:
24 June 1948
Unit:
7th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 37th Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 12th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, British Home Guard
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
174
William Matthew Currey VC
Born:
19 September 1895
Died:
30 April 1948
Unit:
53rd Australian Infantry Battalion AIF, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery AIF
Service:
Australian Imperial Force
Service number:
1584, 1584A
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