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Bravest - How Some of Australia's Greatest War Heroes Won Their Medals

By Robert Macklin

Book information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2008
ISBN
1741148820, 9781741148824
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
880 kB (901274 bytes)
Pages
286\286
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valor that can be won by an Australian; just 96 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the Boer War to the Vietnam War. And only 14 Australians have been awarded the George Cross, the ultimate medal for heroism away from active combat, since its inception in 1940. But what is it that makes these remarkable soldiers risk everything in defense of their country and their mates? Noted biographer Robert Macklin tells the inspirational story of 15 Australian recipients of the Victoria and George Crosses, from Neville Howse in South Africa in 1900 to the heroes of the Great War such as Albert Jacka, "Diver" Derrick in World War II, and Keith Payne in Vietnam in 1969.

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