The Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 (VC) is a military decoration

Military decoration

A military decoration is a decoration given to military personnel or units for heroism in battle or distinguished service. They are designed to be worn on military uniform....

 awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" 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 Precedence

Australian Honours Order of Precedence

- Order of wear :Order of precedence for the wearing of decorations and awards within the Australian Honours System.Articles marked with * are awards of the British Empire/United Kingdom and are now considered foreign....

, the Victoria Cross takes precedence over all other postnominals

Post-nominal letters

Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles or designatory letters, are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of...

 and Australian orders and decorations. The Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

 was instituted by Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

 in 1856, initially to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War

Crimean War

The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

. 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$

Australian dollar

The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...

1 million at auction. Australians have received the Victoria Cross under the Imperial honours system and later under the Australian Honours System

Australian Honours System

-History:The Commonwealth of Australia, until 1975, used the Imperial or British honours system. Only a handful of peerages were created for Australians, some in recognition of public services rendered in Britain rather than Australia. Some hereditary peers and baronets whose titles derive from...

, 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

Victoria Cross for Australia

The Victoria Cross for Australia is the highest award in the Australian Honours System, superseding the Victoria Cross for issue to Australians...

. The Victoria Cross for Australia has been awarded only twice, both to Special Air Service Regiment

Australian Special Air Service Regiment

The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR but commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army...

 members serving in the War in Afghanistan.

The Imperial Victoria Cross has been awarded to ninety-six Australians—91 were received for actions whilst serving with Australian forces, and another 5 were received for actions whilst 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

Second Boer War

The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...

, 4 in the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

 and 2 in the Russian Civil War

Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...

. Twenty-eight Australians have been awarded the medal posthumously. Notably, one recipient—Captain Alfred Shout VC

Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

, MC

Military Cross

The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....

 (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

Battle of Lone Pine

The Battle of Lone Pine was a battle between Australian and Turkish forces that took place during the Gallipoli campaign from 6–10 August 1915. It was part of a diversion to draw attention from the main assaults of 6 August against the Sari Bair peaks of Chunuk Bair and Hill 971, which became...

. Another nineteen VCs have been awarded to soldiers who were either born in Australia, or died there, but did not serve in Australian units and as such these are not included in this list.

With the death of Edward Kenna

Edward Kenna

Edward "Ted" Kenna VC was the last living Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.-Second World War:Kenna served in the Citizen Military...

 on 8 July 2009, Keith Payne

Keith Payne

Keith Payne VC, OAM is an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces, during the Vietnam War...

 is the only living recipient of the original Victoria Cross; both recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia are still serving in the Australian Armed Forces.

Recipients

AWM = This denotes that the medal is held at the Australian War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of all its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the Commonwealth of Australia...

Victoria Cross

Name	Date of action	Conflict	Unit	Place of action	Location of medal
	1942	Second World War	2/19th Battalion	Muar River, Malaya	AWM
	1918	First World War	16th Battalion	Hamel Wood, France	AWM
	1967*	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Huong Tra, Vietnam	South Australian Museum South Australian Museum The South Australian Museum is a museum in Adelaide, South Australia, founded in 1856. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands.-History:...
	1918*	First World War	8th Battalion Australian 8th Battalion The 8th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Initially raised in 1914 for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War the battalion was completely recruited from Victoria and formed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. During the war it fought at Gallipoli and in...	Rosieres, France	Queensland Museum South Bank Queensland Museum The Queensland Museum is the state museum of Queensland. The museum currently operates four separate campuses; at South Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba and Townsville.The museum is funded by the State Government of Queensland.-History:...
	1901	Second Boer War	West Australia Mounted Infantry	Transvaal, South Africa	Western Australian Museum Western Australian Museum The Western Australian Museum is the state museum for Western Australia.The Western Australian Museum has seven main sites: two in Perth within the Perth Cultural Centre, two in Fremantle , and one each in Albany, Geraldton, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder...
	1917*	First World War	6th Battalion Australian 6th Battalion The 6th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally formed in 1914 for service during the First World War, the battalion fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front. The battalion was disbanded in 1919 but was re-raised in 1921 as part of the Citizens Force, and adopted...	Ypres, Belgium	AWM
	1900	Second Boer War	Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen	Warm Bad, South Africa	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Hobart, Tasmania. The museum was established in 1843, by the Royal Society of Tasmania under the leadership of Sir John Franklin, the oldest Royal Society outside of England.-Governance:...
	1916	First World War	10th Battalion Australian 10th Battalion The 10th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served as part of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. The battalion was completely recruited from South Australia in August 1914 and together with the 9th, 11th and 12th Battalions, it formed part of the 3rd...	Pozières, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	26th Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	Privately held
	1918	First World War	20th Battalion Australian 20th Battalion The 20th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in early 1915 as part of the Australian Imperial Force, it was attached to the 5th Brigade, 2nd Division that served during World War I. The battalion first saw action during the Gallipoli campaign, before being evacuated...	Villers-Bretonneux, France	AWM
	1918*	First World War	54th Battalion	Péronne, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	13th Battalion 13th Battalion (Australia) The 13th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally raised for the 1st Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, it was formed just six weeks after the start of the war. Along with the 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions which were recruited from New South Wales,...	Le Verguier, France	AWM
	1917*	First World War	31st Battalion	Zonnebeke, Belgium	Queensland Museum South Bank
	1915*	First World War	7th Battalion Australian 7th Battalion The 7th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in 1914 as part of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, the battalion was completely recruited from Victoria and formed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. The battalion served during the Gallipoli campaign...	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1917	First World War	33rd Battalion 33rd Battalion (Australia) The 33rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised for service during World War I as part of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, the battalion was formed in January 1916 as part of the 9th Brigade of the Australian 3rd Division during an expansion of the AIF...	St. Yves, Belgium	AWM
	1918	First World War	33rd Battalion	Bouchavesnes, France	Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museum Imperial War Museum is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London. The museum was founded during the First World War in 1917 and intended as a record of the war effort and sacrifice of Britain and her Empire... London
	1916*	First World War	Australian Machine Gun Corps	Pozières, France	AWM
	1917*	First World War	26th Battalion	Lagnicourt, France	AWM
	1945*	Second World War	2/2nd Battalion 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion The 2/2nd Battalion was raised at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, on 24 October 1939 as part of the 16th Brigade of the 6th Australian Division. It relocated to the newly-opened Ingleburn Camp on 2 November and, after conducting basic training there, sailed for overseas service on 10 January 1940...	Dagua, New Guinea	AWM
	1916*	First World War	8th Battalion Australian 8th Battalion The 8th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Initially raised in 1914 for the First Australian Imperial Force during the First World War the battalion was completely recruited from Victoria and formed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. During the war it fought at Gallipoli and in...	Pozières, France	Army Museum New Zealand
	1918	First World War	53rd Battalion 53rd Battalion (Australia) The 53rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in 1916 for service during World War I the battalion served on the Western Front until the end of the war, before being briefly amalgamated with the 55th Battalion and then eventually disbanded in 1919...	Péronne, France	AWM
	1941	Second World War	2/5th Field Regiment, RRoAA Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, normally referred to as the Royal Australian Artillery , is a corps of the Australian Army descended from the original colonial artillery units prior to Australia's federation...	Merdjayoun-Damour, Lebanon	AWM
	1918	First World War	15th Battalion	Hamel Wood, France	Privately held
	1915*	First World War	25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	Maktau, Kenya	AWM
	1918	First World War	10th Battalion Australian 10th Battalion The 10th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served as part of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. The battalion was completely recruited from South Australia in August 1914 and together with the 9th, 11th and 12th Battalions, it formed part of the 3rd...	Merris, France	AWM
	1943	Second World War	2/48th Battalion 2/48th Battalion (Australia) The 2/48th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War. Raised in Adelaide in South Australia in August 1940, the battalion formed part of the 26th Brigade and was initially assigned to the 7th Division, although it was later transferred to...	Sattelberg, New Guinea	AWM
	1915	First World War	7th Battalion Australian 7th Battalion The 7th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in 1914 as part of the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, the battalion was completely recruited from Victoria and formed the 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. The battalion served during the Gallipoli campaign...	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1917	First World War	Australian Machine Gun Corps	Zonnebeke, Belgium	AWM
	1941*	Second World War	2/17th Battalion 2/17th Battalion (Australia) The 2/17th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised in April 1940 in New South Wales, the unit saw service in the Middle East in 1941–42, taking part in the fighting at Tobruk and El Alamein before returning to Australia early in 1943. In 1943–44 the battalion fought in...	Tobruk, Libya	AWM
	1941	Second World War	No. 105 Squadron RAF No. 105 Squadron RAF No. 105 Squadron was a flying squadron of the Royal Air Force, active for three periods between 1917 and 1969. It was originally established during the First World War as a squadron of the Royal Flying Corps and disbanded after the war. Reactivated shortly before the Second World War, it was...	Bremen, Germany	AWM
	1942*	Second World War	2/9th Battalion 2/9th Battalion (Australia) The 2/9th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army during World War II. Raised in Queensland as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force shortly after the outbreak of the war, it served as part of the 18th Brigade and over the course of the war it was attached to the 6th, 9th...	Milne Bay, Papua	Privately held
	1918*	First World War	28th Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
	1918	First World War	41st Battalion	Bray, France	AWM
	1941	Second World War	2/31st Battalion 2/31st Battalion (Australia) The 2/31st Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army that served during World War II. It was raised in June 1940 and was assigned to the 25th Brigade, 7th Division. It initially served in the United Kingdom where it undertook defensive duties before being moved to the Middle East...	Djezzine, Syria	Privately held
	1942*	Second World War	2/4th Battalion 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion The 2/4th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised on 3 November 1939 at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, New South Wales for service during World War II as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force, the battalion was initially attached to the 16th Brigade, 6th Division...	El Alamein, Egypt	Army Museum of Western Australia Army Museum of Western Australia The Army Museum of Western Australia is a museum located in an historic Artillery Barrack in Fremantle, Western Australia. The museum was established in 1977 and has three Victoria Crosses on display.-History:...
	1917	First World War	37th Battalion	Messines, Belgium	Shrine of Remembrance Melbourne
	1942*	Second World War	2/48th Battalion 2/48th Battalion (Australia) The 2/48th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War. Raised in Adelaide in South Australia in August 1940, the battalion formed part of the 26th Brigade and was initially assigned to the 7th Division, although it was later transferred to...	Tel-el-Eisa, Egypt	AWM
	1918	First World War	54th Battalion	Péronne, France	AWM
	1915	First World War	3rd Battalion Australian 3rd Battalion The 3rd Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally raised as part of the First Australian Imperial Force for service during World War I, the battalion formed part of the 1st Brigade, attached to the 1st Division. It was formed shortly after the war broke out and was...	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1917	First World War	1st Battalion	Bullecourt, France	AWM
	1900	Second Boer War	New South Wales Medical Staff Corps	Vredefort, South Africa	AWM
	1918	First World War	24th Battalion	Montbrehain, France	AWM
	1917	First World War	10th Battalion Australian 10th Battalion The 10th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served as part of the Australian Imperial Force during World War I. The battalion was completely recruited from South Australia in August 1914 and together with the 9th, 11th and 12th Battalions, it formed part of the 3rd...	Polygon Wood, Belgium	Adelaide Town Hall Adelaide Town Hall Adelaide Town Hall is a landmark building on King William Street in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.-Description and history:Adelaide Town Hall was designed by Edmund Wright and Edward Woods, with construction commencing in 1863 and completed in 1866...
	1915	First World War	14th Battalion 14th Battalion (Australia) The 14th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally raised in 1914 as part of the Australian Imperial Force for service in World War I, the battalion served at Gallipoli initially before being sent to France where it served in the trenches along the Western Front until...	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1916	First World War	17th Battalion	Armentieres, France	Privately held
	1917*	First World War	34th Battalion	Passchendaele, Belgium	Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, N.S.W. Christ Church Cathedral (Newcastle, New South Wales) The Cathedral Church of Christ the King or Christ Church Cathedral is the Anglican cathedral in Newcastle, New South Wales Australia. The church, in the Gothic Revival style, is located on a hill at the city's eastern end in the suburb called The Hill....
	1917	First World War	50th Battalion	Noreuil, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	8th Battalion	Herleville Wood, France	Privately held
	1943	Second World War	2/25th Battalion	Nadzab, New Guinea	AWM
	1945	Second World War	2/4th Battalion 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion The 2/4th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Raised on 3 November 1939 at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, New South Wales for service during World War II as part of the Second Australian Imperial Force, the battalion was initially attached to the 16th Brigade, 6th Division...	Wewak, New Guinea	AWM
	1917	First World War	2nd Battalion	Hermies, France	AWM
	1915	First World War	1st Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1942*	Second World War	2/48th Battalion 2/48th Battalion (Australia) The 2/48th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War. Raised in Adelaide in South Australia in August 1940, the battalion formed part of the 26th Brigade and was initially assigned to the 7th Division, although it was later transferred to...	El Alamein, Egypt	AWM
	1942*	Second World War	2/14th Battalion 2/14th Battalion (Australia) The 2/14th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. Part of the 21st Brigade, 7th Division, the battalion saw action against the Vichy French in Syria in 1941 before returning to Australia in early 1942. They subsequently fought against the...	Isurava, Papua	AWM
	1916	First World War	9th Battalion	Pozières, France	Privately held
	1918	First World War	21st Battalion	Mont St. Quentin, France	AWM
	1945*	Second World War	2/3rd Pioneer Battalion 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion (Australia) The 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion was an assault pioneer battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II. Formed in 1940, the battalion served in the Middle East before where it served in Syria and Palestine before taking part in the fighting around El Alamein...	Tarakan Island, Borneo	AWM
	1918*	First World War	23rd Battalion	Mont St. Quentin, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	18th Battalion 18th Battalion (Australia) The 18th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. During World War I, the battalion was raised in 1915 as part of the Australian Imperial Force, attached to the 5th Brigade, of the 2nd Division...	Estrees, France	AWM
	1901	Second Boer War	5th Victorian Mounted Rifles	Geelhoutboom, South Africa	AWM
	1918	First World War	16th Battalion	Madam Wood, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	47th Battalion 47th Battalion (Australia) The 47th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. It was originally raised in 1916 for service during the First World War and took part in the fighting in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Belgium before being disbanded in early 1918 to provide reinforcements for...	Dernancourt, France	AWM
	1917*	First World War	40th Battalion	Ypres, Belgium	Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery The Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery is a museum located in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1891, the Queen Victoria has a strong reputation for its excellent collection, which includes fine exhibitions of colonial art, contemporary craft and design, Tasmanian history and... , Launceston
	1917	First World War	No. 1 Squadron AFC No. 1 Squadron RAAF No. 1 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force squadron based at RAAF Amberley. The squadron is currently being re-equipped with F/A-18F Super Hornet multi-role fighters.-World War I:...	Tel el Hesi, Palestine	RAF Museum, London
	1942*	Second World War	RAAF attached No. 149 Squadron RAF No. 149 Squadron RAF No. 149 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force Squadron between 1918 and 1956. Formed 1918 in the Royal Flying Corps as a night-bomber unit, it remained in that role for the rest of its existence which spanned three periods between 1918 and 1956.-World War I:...	Turin, Italy	AWM
	1917	First World War	58th Battalion	Bullecourt, France	AWM
	1917	First World War	13th Battalion 13th Battalion (Australia) The 13th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. Originally raised for the 1st Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, it was formed just six weeks after the start of the war. Along with the 14th, 15th and 16th Battalions which were recruited from New South Wales,...	Gueudecourt, France	Privately held
	1917	First World War	12th Battalion	Bapaume, France	AWM
	1943*	Second World War	No. 22 Squadron RAAF No. 22 Squadron RAAF No. 22 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force mixed regular and reserve squadron that provides support for the RAAF in the Sydney region. Formed in 1936, the squadron served in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War, and later followed the Pacific war as far as the Philippines...	New Guinea	AWM
	1916	First World War	16th Battalion	Pozières, France	Army Museum of Western Australia
	1945	Second World War	8th (Militia) Battalion	Bougainville, New Guinea	Privately held
	1969	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Ben Het, Vietnam	Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum
	1919*	North Russia Relief Force	45th Battalion, RF	Emtsa, Russia	Privately held
	1917	First World War	3rd Pioneer Battalion	Ypres, Belgium	AWM
	1917*	First World War	11th Battalion Australian 11th Battalion The Australian 11th Battalion was a World War I Australian Army unit. It was among the first infantry units raised for the 1st AIF during the First World War...	Louveral, France	AWM
	1945	Second World War	25th Battalion	Bougainville, New Guinea	Privately held
	1901	Second Boer War	South African Constabulary	Thaba 'Nchu, South Africa	AWM
	1918	First World War	22nd Battalion	Ville-sur-Ancre, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	55th Battalion	Hindenburg Defences, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	51st Battalion	Villers-Bretonneux, France	St George's Cathedral Perth W.A. St George's Cathedral, Perth St George's Cathedral is the principal Anglican church in the city of Perth, Western Australia and the mother-church of the Anglican Diocese of Perth. It is located in St Georges Terrace in the centre of the city.- History:...
	1915*	First World War	1st Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1969	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Kontum Province, Vietnam	AWM
	1945	Second World War	2/43rd Battalion	Beaufort, British North Borneo	Army Museum of Western Australia
	1918	First World War	40th Battalion	Proyart, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	19th Battalion	Hangard Wood, France	Army Museum New Zealand
	1919	North Russia Relief Force	45th Battalion, RF	Sheika River, Russia	AWM
	1915	First World War	7th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1915	First World War	10th Light Horse	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1918	First World War	Australian Machine Gun Corps	Mont St. Quentin, France	Privately held
	1915	First World War	7th Battalion	Gallipoli, Turkey	AWM
	1918	First World War	32nd Battalion	Bellicourt, France	Queensland Museum South Bank
	1918	First World War	43rd Battalion	Peronne, France	Privately held
	1965*	Vietnam War	Australian Army Training Team	Tra Bong, Vietnam	AWM
	1917	First World War	12th Battalion	Boursies, France	AWM
	1918	First World War	48th Battalion	Le Verguier, France	AWM
	1900	Second Boer War	Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen	Warm Bad, South Africa	Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Victoria Cross for Australia

Name	Date of action	Conflict	Unit	Place of action	Location of medal
	2008	War in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–present) The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...	Special Air Service Regiment Australian Special Air Service Regiment The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR but commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army...	Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan	AWM
	2010	War in Afghanistan	Special Air Service Regiment	Kandahar Province, Afghanistan	AWM