List of Australian Victoria Cross recipients

Last updated November 12, 2024

The Australian War Memorial, which currently holds 66 VCs. 35AWM.jpg — 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. Being the highest award in the Australian Honours Order of Wearing, the VC takes precedence over all other postnominals and Australian orders and decorations. The VC was instituted by Queen Victoria in 1856, initially to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War. Because of its rarity and inherent significance, the VC is highly prized, both as an award and as a collector's item, with one medal being sold for over A$1 million at auction.^[2] Australians have received the VC under the Imperial honours system and later under the Australian Honours System, when in 1991 a new but equivalent award was established by letters patent within the Commonwealth of Australia and its Territories, known as the Victoria Cross for Australia. 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. The first four were for actions in the War in Afghanistan while Sheean's was for actions during World War II.

The Imperial VC has been awarded to 96 Australians—91 were received for actions whilst serving with Australian forces, and another five to former members of the Australian forces then serving with South African and British forces. The majority of the awards were for action in the First World War when a total of 64 medals were awarded. Nine of these awards were for action during the Gallipoli Campaign. 20 medals were awarded for action in the Second World War, 6 in the Second Boer War, 4 in the Vietnam War and 2 in the Russian Civil War.^[1] Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously.^[3] One recipient—Captain Alfred Shout VC, MC (who was also Mentioned in Despatches)—was Australia's most decorated soldier of the Gallipoli campaign. His Victoria Cross was posthumously awarded after Shout died of his wounds during the Battle of Lone Pine.^[4] Another 19 VCs have been awarded to soldiers who were either born in Australia, or died there, but did not serve in Australian units before being awarded the VC, and as such these are not included in this list.^[5]

Keith Payne is the only living Australian recipient of the original VC; there are three living recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia.

Recipients

This along with the *, indicates that the Victoria Cross was awarded posthumously
AWM = This denotes that the medal is held at the Australian War Memorial

Victoria Cross

Name	Date of action	Conflict	Unit	Place of action	Location of medal
Charles Anderson	1942	Second World War	2/19th Battalion	Muar River, Malaya	AWM^[6]
Thomas Axford	1918	First World War	16th Battalion	Hamel Wood, France	AWM^[6]
Peter Badcoe	1967*	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Huong Tra, Vietnam	AWM^[7]
Robert Beatham	1918*	First World War	8th Battalion	Rosieres, France	Queensland Museum South Bank ^[8]^[9]
Frederick Bell	1901	Second Boer War	West Australia Mounted Infantry	Transvaal, South Africa	Western Australian Museum ^[10]
Frederick Birks	1917*	First World War	6th Battalion	Ypres, Belgium	AWM^[6]
John Bisdee	1900	Second Boer War	Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen	Warm Bad, South Africa	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery ^[11]
Arthur Blackburn	1916	First World War	10th Battalion	Pozières, France	AWM^[6]
Albert Borella	1918	First World War	26th Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	Privately held
Walter Brown	1918	First World War	20th Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	AWM^[6]
Alexander Buckley	1918*	First World War	54th Battalion	Péronne, France	AWM^[6]
Maurice Buckley	1918	First World War	13th Battalion	Le Verguier, France	AWM^[6]
Patrick Bugden	1917*	First World War	31st Battalion	Zonnebeke, Belgium	Queensland Museum South Bank^[8]
Alexander Burton	1915*	First World War	7th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
John Carroll	1917	First World War	33rd Battalion	St. Yves, Belgium	AWM^[6]
George Cartwright	1918	First World War	33rd Battalion	Bouchavesnes, France	Imperial War Museum London^[12]
Claud Castleton	1916*	First World War	Australian Machine Gun Corps	Pozières, France	AWM^[6]
Percy Cherry	1917*	First World War	26th Battalion	Lagnicourt, France	AWM^[6]
Albert Chowne	1945*	Second World War	2/2nd Battalion	Dagua, New Guinea	AWM^[6]
Thomas Cooke	1916*	First World War	8th Battalion	Pozières, France	Army Museum New Zealand ^[13]
William Currey	1918	First World War	53rd Battalion	Péronne, France	AWM^[6]
Arthur Roden Cutler	1941	Second World War	2/5th Field Regiment, RRoAA	Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon	AWM^[6]
Henry Dalziel	1918	First World War	15th Battalion	Hamel Wood, France	AWM^[6]
Wilbur Dartnell	1915*	First World War	25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	Maktau, Kenya	AWM^[6]
Phillip Davey	1918	First World War	10th Battalion	Merris, France	AWM^[6]
Tom Derrick	1943	Second World War	2/48th Battalion	Sattelberg, New Guinea	AWM^[6]
William Dunstan	1915	First World War	7th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
John Dwyer	1917	First World War	Australian Machine Gun Corps	Zonnebeke, Belgium	AWM^[6]
John Edmondson	1941*	Second World War	2/17th Battalion	Tobruk, Libya	AWM^[6]
Hughie Edwards	1941	Second World War	No. 105 Squadron RAF	Bremen, Germany	AWM^[6]
Jack French	1942*	Second World War	2/9th Battalion	Milne Bay, Papua	Privately held
Alfred Gaby	1918*	First World War	28th Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery^[11]
Bernard Gordon	1918	First World War	41st Battalion	Bray, France	AWM^[6]
Jim Gordon	1941	Second World War	2/31st Battalion	Djezzine, Syria	Privately held
Percy Gratwick	1942*	Second World War	2/48th Battalion	El Alamein, Egypt	Army Museum of Western Australia ^[14]
Robert Grieve	1917	First World War	37th Battalion	Messines, Belgium	Shrine of Remembrance Melbourne^[15]^[16]
Stan Gurney	1942*	Second World War	2/48th Battalion	Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt	AWM^[6]
Arthur Hall	1918	First World War	54th Battalion	Péronne, France	AWM^[6]
John Hamilton	1915	First World War	3rd Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
George Howell	1917	First World War	1st Battalion	Bullecourt, France	AWM^[6]
Neville Howse	1900	Second Boer War	New South Wales Medical Staff Corps	Vredefort, South Africa	AWM^[6]
George Ingram	1918	First World War	24th Battalion	Montbrehain, France	AWM^[6]
Roy Inwood	1917	First World War	10th Battalion	Polygon Wood, Belgium	Adelaide Town Hall ^[17]
Albert Jacka	1915	First World War	14th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
William Jackson	1916	First World War	17th Battalion	Armentieres, France	Privately held
Clarence Jeffries	1917*	First World War	34th Battalion	Passchendaele, Belgium	Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, N.S.W. ^[18]
Jørgen Jensen	1917	First World War	50th Battalion	Noreuil, France	AWM^[6]
William Joynt	1918	First World War	8th Battalion	Herleville Wood, France	Privately held^[19]
Richard Kelliher	1943	Second World War	2/25th Battalion	Nadzab, New Guinea	AWM^[6]
Edward Kenna	1945	Second World War	2/4th Battalion	Wewak, New Guinea	unknown^[20]
Bede Kenny	1917	First World War	2nd Battalion	Hermies, France	AWM^[6]
Leonard Keysor	1915	First World War	1st Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
Bill Kibby	1942*	Second World War	2/48th Battalion	El Alamein, Egypt	AWM^[6]
Bruce Kingsbury	1942*	Second World War	2/14th Battalion	Isurava, Papua	AWM^[6]
John Leak	1916	First World War	9th Battalion	Pozières, France	Privately held
Alby Lowerson	1918	First World War	21st Battalion	Mont St. Quentin, France	AWM^[6]
Jack Mackey	1945*	Second World War	2/3rd Pioneer Battalion	Tarakan Island, Borneo	AWM^[6]
Robert MacTier	1918*	First World War	23rd Battalion	Mont St. Quentin, France	AWM^[6]
Joseph Maxwell	1918	First World War	18th Battalion	Estrees, France	AWM^[6]
Leslie Maygar	1901	Second Boer War	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles	Geelhoutboom, South Africa	AWM^[6]
Dominic McCarthy	1918	First World War	16th Battalion	Madam Wood, France	AWM^[6]
Stanley McDougall	1918	First World War	47th Battalion	Dernancourt, France	AWM^[6]
Lewis McGee	1917*	First World War	40th Battalion	Ypres, Belgium	Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston^[21]
Frank McNamara	1917	First World War	No. 1 Squadron AFC	Tel el Hesi, Palestine	RAF Museum, London^[22]
Ron Middleton	1942*	Second World War	RAAF attached No. 149 Squadron RAF	Turin, Italy	AWM^[6]
Mick Moon	1917	First World War	58th Battalion	Bullecourt, France	AWM^[6]
Harry Murray	1917	First World War	13th Battalion	Gueudecourt, France	AWM
James Newland	1917	First World War	12th Battalion	Bapaume, France	AWM^[6]
Bill Newton	1943*	Second World War	No. 22 Squadron RAAF	New Guinea	AWM^[6]
Martin O'Meara	1916	First World War	16th Battalion	Pozières, France	Army Museum of Western Australia^[14]
Frank Partridge	1945	Second World War	8th (Militia) Battalion	Bougainville, New Guinea	Privately held
Keith Payne	1969	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Ben Het, Vietnam	AWM^[6]
Samuel Pearse	1919*	North Russia Relief Force	45th Battalion, RF	Emtsa, Russia	AWM^[6]
Walter Peeler	1917	First World War	3rd Pioneer Battalion	Ypres, Belgium	AWM^[6]
Charles Pope	1917*	First World War	11th Battalion	Louveral, France	AWM^[6]
Reg Rattey	1945	Second World War	25th Battalion	Bougainville, New Guinea	Privately held
James Rogers	1901	Second Boer War	South African Constabulary	Thaba 'Nchu, South Africa	AWM^[6]
William Ruthven	1918	First World War	22nd Battalion	Ville-sur-Ancre, France	AWM^[6]
John Ryan	1918	First World War	55th Battalion	Hindenburg Defences, France	AWM^[6]
Clifford Sadlier	1918	First World War	51st Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	St George's Cathedral Perth W.A. ^[23]
Alfred Shout	1915*	First World War	1st Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
Ray Simpson	1969	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Kontum Province, Vietnam	AWM^[6]
Leslie Starcevich	1945	Second World War	2/43rd Battalion	Beaufort, British North Borneo	Army Museum of Western Australia^[14]
Percy Statton	1918	First World War	40th Battalion	Proyart, France	AWM^[6]
Percy Storkey	1918	First World War	19th Battalion	Hangard Wood, France	Army Museum New Zealand^[13]
Arthur Sullivan	1919	North Russia Relief Force	45th Battalion, RF	Sheika River, Russia	AWM^[6]
William Symons	1915	First World War	7th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
Hugo Throssell	1915	First World War	10th Light Horse	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
Edgar Towner	1918	First World War	Australian Machine Gun Corps	Mont St. Quentin, France	Privately held
Frederick Tubb	1915	First World War	7th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM^[6]
Blair Wark	1918	First World War	32nd Battalion	Bellicourt, France	Queensland Museum South Bank^[8]^[24]
Lawrence Weathers	1918	First World War	43rd Battalion	Peronne, France	Privately held
Kevin Wheatley	1965*	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Tra Bong, Vietnam	AWM^[6]
John Whittle	1917	First World War	12th Battalion	Boursies, France	AWM^[6]^[25]
James Woods	1918	First World War	48th Battalion	Le Verguier, France	AWM^[6]
Guy Wylly	1900	Second Boer War	Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen	Warm Bad, South Africa	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery^[11]

Victoria Cross for Australia

Name	Date of action	Conflict	Unit	Place of action	Location of medal
Cameron Baird	2013*	War in Afghanistan	2nd Commando Regiment	Khod Valley, Afghanistan	AWM^[6]
Mark Donaldson	2008	War in Afghanistan	Special Air Service Regiment	Urozgan Province, Afghanistan	AWM^[6]^[26]
Daniel Keighran	2010	War in Afghanistan	6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment	Urozgan Province, Afghanistan	AWM^[6]
Ben Roberts-Smith	2010	War in Afghanistan	Special Air Service Regiment	Kandahar Province, Afghanistan	AWM^[6]^[27]
Teddy Sheean	1942*	Second World War	HMAS Armidale	Arafura Sea, East Timor	AWM.
Richard Norden	1968*	Vietnam War	1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment	Bình Dương province, South Vietnam

Note: Richard Norden was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia in 2024 posthumously after his death in 1972 from unrelated causes.^[28]

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References

Specific

1 2 "VC for Australia" (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
↑ "Gallipoli VC medal sets auction record". The Age . 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
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↑ Wigmore 1986, pp. 180–187.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 "Victoria Crosses held at the Memorial". Australian War Memorial. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
↑ "Major Badcoe's Victoria Cross" (PDF). South Australian Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
"The Victoria Cross - Major Peter Badcoe" (PDF). South Australian Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2009.
1 2 3 "Victoria Cross". Queensland Museum South Bank. Government of Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
↑ Robert Beatham's medal, owned by Mr Neil Jenman and Mrs Ruth Jenman, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.
↑ Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Bell Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk
1 2 3 VC medals in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Archived 28 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk
↑ Anthony Staunton, Cartwright, George (1894 - 1978) Archived 2 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 379. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
1 2 VC medals in the Army Museum, New Zealand Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk
1 2 3 Items of significance Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Army Museum of Western Australia, 4 January 2009. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
↑ Wilson, Neil (9 August 2003). "Rise & shrine". Herald Sun . p. 6.
↑ Robert Grieve's medal is on loan to the Shrine by its owners, Wesley College
↑ "Reginald Roy Inwood's - Victoria Cross Medal". Adelaide City Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
↑ Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries Memorial Park (Abermain) Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Register of War Memorials in New South Wales, 2002. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.
↑ William Joynt's VC medal is thought to be held at Melbourne Grammar School.^{[ citation needed ]}
↑ Kenna's VC had been on loan to the AWM since 9 April 2010 - see AWM Media Release 335 Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine - but no longer appears on the War Memorial's list of Victoria Crosses held at the Memorial Archived 8 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine .
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↑ Blair Wark's medal, owned by the United Service Club Queensland, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.
↑ Whittle's VC has been on loan to the AWM since October 2009 - see AWM Media Release 296 Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine .
↑ Donaldson's VC has been on loan to the AWM since January 2009 - see AWM Media Release 215 Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine .
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General

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"List of Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross". Anzac Day Commemoration Committee. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
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[OzVcpdf-1] 1 2 "VC for Australia" (PDF). Australian Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2007.

[2] "Gallipoli VC medal sets auction record". The Age . 24 July 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2007.

[3] Wigmore 1986, p. 14.

[4] "Bravery awards at Gallipoli". Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affairs. Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2007.

[5] Wigmore 1986, pp. 180–187.

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[7] "Major Badcoe's Victoria Cross" (PDF). South Australian Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
"The Victoria Cross - Major Peter Badcoe" (PDF). South Australian Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2009.

[QM-8] 1 2 3 "Victoria Cross". Queensland Museum South Bank. Government of Queensland. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[9] Robert Beatham's medal, owned by Mr Neil Jenman and Mrs Ruth Jenman, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.

[10] Lieutenant Colonel Frederick William Bell Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk

[tmag-11] 1 2 3 VC medals in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart Archived 28 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk

[12] Anthony Staunton, Cartwright, George (1894 - 1978) Archived 2 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 379. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.

[amnz-13] 1 2 VC medals in the Army Museum, New Zealand Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk

[amwa-14] 1 2 3 Items of significance Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Army Museum of Western Australia, 4 January 2009. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.

[15] Wilson, Neil (9 August 2003). "Rise & shrine". Herald Sun . p. 6.

[16] Robert Grieve's medal is on loan to the Shrine by its owners, Wesley College

[17] "Reginald Roy Inwood's - Victoria Cross Medal". Adelaide City Council. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.

[18] Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries Memorial Park (Abermain) Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine , Register of War Memorials in New South Wales, 2002. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.

[19] William Joynt's VC medal is thought to be held at Melbourne Grammar School.^{[ citation needed ]}

[20] Kenna's VC had been on loan to the AWM since 9 April 2010 - see AWM Media Release 335 Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine - but no longer appears on the War Memorial's list of Victoria Crosses held at the Memorial Archived 8 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine .

[21] Co Sergeant Major Lewis McGee Archived 28 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk

[22] VC medals in the RAF Museum, London Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine , victoriacross.org.uk

[23] "A History and Detailed Guide to St George's Cathedral" ^{[ permanent dead link ]}, Revised 2007, pp.10&14. Retrieved on 2009-03-03.

[24] Blair Wark's medal, owned by the United Service Club Queensland, is on loan to the Queensland Museum until 2012.

[25] Whittle's VC has been on loan to the AWM since October 2009 - see AWM Media Release 296 Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine .

[26] Donaldson's VC has been on loan to the AWM since January 2009 - see AWM Media Release 215 Archived 14 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine .

[27] "Australia's latest Victoria Cross recipient Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG views his newly installed panel and medal display for the first time" (PDF). Media alert. Australian War Memorial. 3 April 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.

[28] Greene, Andrew (11 November 2024). "Private Richard Norden awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery during the Vietnam War". ABC News. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

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