Australian honours and awards for the Gallipoli campaign
Awards to Australians for services during the Gallipoli campaign
Award | Number awarded |
Victoria Cross (VC) | 9 |
Knights of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) | 2 |
Companions of the Order of the Bath (CB) | 20 |
Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) | 30 |
Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) | 39 |
Royal Red Cross Decoration (1st Class)(RRC) | 5 |
Military Cross (MC) | 52 |
Royal Red Cross Decoration (2nd Class)(ARRC) | 15 |
Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) | 127 |
Military Medal (MM) | 137 |
Foreign honours and awards | 32 |
Sources
Ron Austin, Gallipoli encyclopedia: Australians in the 1915 Dardanelles campaign, Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, Victoria, 2005
Victoria Crosses awarded to Australians at Gallipoli (in chronological order)
Name Unit Location Date Lance Corporal Albert JACKA 14th Battalion Courtney’s Post 19—20 May 1915 Lance Corporal Leonard KEYSOR 1st Battalion Lone Pine 7—8 August 1915 Lieutenant John William SYMONS 7th Battalion Lone Pine 8—9 August 1915 Corporal Alexander Stewart BURTON 7th Battalion Lone Pine 9 August 1915 Corporal William DUNSTAN 7th Battalion Lone Pine 9 Augusut 1915 Private John HAMILTON 3rd Battalion Lone Pine 9 August 1915 Lieutenant Frederick Harold TUBB 7th Battalion Lone Pine 9 August 1915 Captain Alfred John SHOUT 1st Battalion Lone Pine 9 August 1915 Second Lieutenant Hugo Vivian Hope THROSSELL 10th Light Horse Regiment Hill 60 29—30 August 1915 Source:
Lionel Wigmore, They dared mightily, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1986