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The Australian War Memorial, which currently holds 66 VCs. The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" [1] to members of the Australia Armed Forces. It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service, and to civilians under military command.
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 ...
The VC has been awarded on 1358 occasions to 1355 individual recipients. The original Royal Warrant and all warrants to this day contain both expulsion and restoration clauses. Eight recipients between 1861 and 1908 had their awards rescinded and although no award has ever been restored the names of the eight are included in the list.
Australian World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross (21 P) Pages in category "Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Australian honours and awards system consists of the following: [4] Honours An honour is an appointment to an order of chivalry, and the Order of Australia is the only chivalric order currently able to be awarded in the Australian honours and awards system. Awards An award is a decoration or medal awarded to a person or organisation ...
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]
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross in World War II. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients.
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