Collection type | Library |
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Author | McAleer, Anthony, author.; |
Call Number | 355.0092 M114g |
Document type | Monograph |
Year | 2015. |
Pagination | 187 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm. |
Publisher | J D Publishing. Wandin & District Historical Museum Society Inc., |
Note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index. Annotation. The biography of Capt George Ingram VC, MM, the last Australian VC recipient of the First World War. From country childhood in Bagshot and Seville to a gunner with the Australian Garrison Artillery and the Tropical Force's Matupi Battery. He then served with the 24th Battalion AIF on the Western Front where he was awarded the Military Medal and the Victoria Cross. After the war he became a soldier settler, an original Shrine Guard and during World War Two he served with the Royal Australian Engineers. Thr oughout his life he carried the physical and mental scars of his service in the war. |
Place made | Mt Evelyn : Wandin North, Vic : |
'Great courage and initiative' : the heroic life of George Ingram VC, MM / [A. J. McAleer].
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AWM088610 | 355.0092 M114g | Stacks | On Shelf |