VICTORIA CROSS BURIALS IN NEW SOUTH WALES

Captain Albert Borella VC MM - 26th Bn, Australian Imperial Force

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN : NEW SOUTH WALES

Name Albert Chalmers,
BORELLA George,
CARTWRIGHT William Matthew,
CURREY Sir Roden,
CUTLER

Rank Captain Captain Private Lieutenant

Force 26th Bn, AIF 33rd Bn, AIF 53rd Bn, AIF 2 / 5th Field Artillery Regiment, AIF

VC won Villers-Bretonneux, France,
17 - 18 July 1918 Rood Wood, Peronne, France,
31 August 1918 Peronne, France,
1 September 1918 Mergjayoun, Syria, ( * )
19 June to 6 July 1941

London Gaz 16 September 1918 14 December 1918 14 December 1918 28 November 1941

Born Borung, Victoria,
7 August 1881 London, England,
9 December 1894 Newcastle,
19 September 1895 Sydney,
24 May 1916

Died 7 February 1968,
Albury, New South Wales 2 February 1978,
Epping 30 April 1948,
Sydney 21 February 2002,
Sydney

Grave

Location
of VC Australian War Memorial, Canberra Lord Ashcroft Gallery
Imperial War Museum, London Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Remarks MM None None AK, KCMG, KVCO, CBE
( * ) For action against the Vichy French

NEW SOUTH WALES

Name Sir Hughie,
EDWARDS Arthur Walter,
EVANS ( also known as WALTER SIMPSON ) James,
GORMAN Arthur Charles,
HALL

Rank Air Commodore Sergeant Captain of the Afterguard Lieutenant

Force 105 Squadron, RAF 6th Bn Lincolnshire Regiment Royal Navy ( Naval Brigade ) 54th Bn, AIF

VC won Over Bremen, Germany,
4 July 1941 Etaing, France,
2 September 1918 Inkermann, Crimea,
5 November 1854 Peronne, France,
1 September 1918

London Gaz 22 July 1941 30 October 1918 - Simpson
31 March 1919 - Evans 24 February 1857 14 December 1918

Born Perth, Western Australia,
1 August 1914 Liverpool, England,
8 April 1891 London, England,
21 August 1834 Granville,
11 August 1896

Died 5 August 1982,
Darling Point 1 November 1936,
Sydney 18 October 1882,
Sydney 25 February 1971,
Nyngan

Grave Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney
Ashes:
( grave no longer marked )

Location
of VC Australian War Memorial, Canberra Not publicly held Lord Ashcroft Gallery,
Imperial War Museum, London Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Remarks KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE, DFC DCM None None

NEW SOUTH WALES

Name John Patrick,
HAMILTON Alfred Spencer,
HEATHCOTE Thomas James Bede,
KENNY Joseph,
MAXWELL

Rank Private Colonel Corporal Lieutenant

Force 3rd Bn, AIF 60th Rifles
( King's Royal Rifle Corps ) 2nd Bn, AIF 18th Bn, AIF

VC won Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey,
9 August 1915 Siege of Delhi, Indian Mutiny,
June to September 1857 * Hermies, France,
9 April 1917 St Quentin, France,
3 October 1918

London Gaz 15 October 1915 20 January 1860 8 June 1917 6 January 1919

Born Orange, New South Wales,
24 January 1896 London, England,
29 March 1832 Sydney,
29 September 1896 Sydney,
10 February 1896

Died 27 February 1961,
Sydney 21 February 1912,
Bowral 15 April 1953,
Sydney 6 July 1967,
Matraville

Grave

Location
of VC Australian War Memorial, Canberra Army Museum of New South Wales at Victoria Barracks Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Remarks None * Elected by the regiment None MC & Bar, DCM

NEW SOUTH WALES

Name Frank John,
PARTRIDGE John,
PATON Reginald Roy,
RATTEY Richard Been,
STANNARD

Rank Private Sergeant Sergeant Captain

Force 8th Bn, AIF 93rd Regiment
( Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ) 25th Bn, AIF Royal Naval Reserve

VC won Bourgainville, Solomon Islands,
24 July 1945 Secunderbagh, Lucknow, Indian Mutiny,
16 November 1867 * Bourgainville, Soloman Islands,
22 March 1945 Namsos Wharf, Norway,
28 April - 2 May 1940

London Gaz 22 January 1946 24 December 1858 26 August 1945 16 August 1940

Born Grafton,
29 November 1924 Stirling, Scotland,
23 December 1833 Barmedman,
28 March 1918 Blyth, Northumberland, England,
21 August 1902

Died 23 March 1964,
Bellinger 1 April 1914,
Sydney 10 January 1986,
West Wyalong 22 July 1977,
Sydney

Grave
( image courtesy Kevin McSweeney )

Location
of VC Not publicly held Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Museum, Stirling Not publicly held Not publicly held

Remarks None * Elected by the regiment None DSO
Command HMS 'Arab'

NEW SOUTH WALES

Name Arthur Percy,
SULLIVAN Blair Anderson,
WARK Kevin Arthur,
WHEATLEY Frederick,
WHIRLPOOL ( Born: Frederick CONKER )

Rank Corporal Lieutenant-Colonel Warrant Officer Class II Private

Force 45th Bn, Royal Fusiliers 32nd Bn, AIF Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam 3rd Bombay ( European ) Regiment
( Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment )

VC won Shelka River, North Russia,
10 August 1919 Bellicourt to Joncourt, France,
29 September - 1 October 1918 Binh Hoa Village, Vietnam,
13 November 1965 Jhansi, Indian Mutiny,
3 April 1858

London Gaz 29 September 1919 26 December 1918 13 December 1966 21 October 1859

Born Crystal Brook, South Australia,
27 November 1896 Bathurst,
27 July 1894 Sydney,
13 March 1937 Liverpool, England,
1829

Died 9 April 1940,
London, England 13 June 1941,
Puckapunyal Military Camp, Victoria 13 November 1965,
Tra Bong Valley, Vietnam 24 June 1899,
McGrath's Hill

Grave Golders Green Crematorium, London
Ashes at 15 November 1965, Saigon
26 November 1965, Presbyterian Cemetery, Windsor,

Location
of VC Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australian War Memorial, Canberra ( loan ) Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Remarks None DSO None None