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The Victoria Cross for Australia has been awarded five times: twice to Special Air Service Regiment members, once to a member of the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and a posthumous award to a member of the 2nd Commando Regiment, and a posthumous award to Teddy Sheean.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross.
The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest award in the Australian honours system, superseding the British Victoria Cross for issue to Australians. The Victoria Cross for Australia is the "decoration for according recognition to persons who in the presence of the enemy, perform acts of the most conspicuous gallantry, or daring or pre-eminent acts of valour or self-sacrifice or display ...
Seven Victoria Cross and 10 George Cross medal recipients will be at the Queen’s funeral service on Monday, including one from New Zealand and four from Australia. Here is a list of them, and ...
Ribbon bar of the Victoria Cross for Australia. The late Private Richard Leslie Norden, DCM – 1 October 2024 – For most conspicuous acts of gallantry in action in the presence of the enemy in the ‘AO Surfers’ Area of Operations in the Bien Hoa province, Vietnam, on 14 May 1968 during the Battle of Fire Support Base Coral. [1]
The Victoria Cross has often been presented to the recipient during an investiture by the British monarch. The last award of the reign of King George VI and all awards of the reign of by the late Queen with the exception of the two posthumous awards to the Australian Army during the Vietnam War have been presented by Queen Elizabeth II.
The award certificates are dated with 6 February 2022. [30] The dates listed below are the dates the medals were physically received by the recipient. Victoria Cross. Keith Payne, VC, AM - 29 November 2022 [31] Victoria Cross for Australia. Mark Donaldson, VC - 2 November 2022 [32] Ben Roberts-Smith, VC, MG - 29 November 2022 [31]
The recipients are recognised with the award of the Group Bravery Citation for their actions rescuing multiple people from a rip at Petrel Cove Beach in Encounter Bay, South Australia on 27 January 2023. [31] Edward Michael Blight; Henry John Weir; Henry Murray Sever; This recipient is added to the Group Bravery Citation gazetted on 31 March 2020.