2020 marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War. To commemorate this important year, the NSW Government interviewed WWII veterans about their experiences. Read our 75th Anniversary Stories.
Wooden honour board set in glass case within a larger wooden cabinet. It is located in the Queen Victoria Building. Lists the names of Australians awarded the Victoria Cross.
The cabinet also includes:
This plaque commemorates the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip Duke of Edinburgh to the Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, in the presence of Sir Roden Cutler VC AK KCMG KCVO CBE, Private Edward Kenna VC WOII, Keith Payne VC on the occasion of the Sesquicentenary of the City of Sydney, 23rd February 1992.
Rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflicts | Fate | Service No. | Service | Campaign | Link |
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Lieutenant Colonel | C G W | ANDERSON | World War 2 | AIF | Muar River, Malaya | view | ||
Lance Corporal | T L | AXFORD | World War 1 | AIF | Vaire and Hamel Woods, France | view | ||
Major | P J | BADCOE | Vietnam War | AMF | Thua Thien Provence, South Vietnam | view | ||
Private | R M | BEATHAM | World War 1 | AIF | Rosieres, near Villers-Bretonneux, France | view | ||
Lieutenant | F W | BELL | South African Campaign | Army | Brakpan, Transvaal | view | ||
Second Lieutenant | F | BIRKS | World War 1 | AIF | Glencourse Wood, near Ypres, Belgium | view | ||
Trooper | J H | BISDEE | South African Campaign | Army | Warm Bad, Transvaal | view | ||
Lieutenant | A S | BLACKBURN | World War 1 | AIF | Pozieres, France | view | ||
Lieutenant | A C | BORELLA | World War 1 | AIF | Villers-Bretonneux, France | view | ||
Corporal | W E | BROWN | World War 1 | AIF | Villers-Bretonneux, France | view |
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