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From the Boer War to the war in Vietnam, Bravest tells the story of 15 Australian war heroes and how they won the highest medals awarded for bravery.
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The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valor that can be won by an Australian; just 97 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the Boer War to the Afghanistan 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 the Second World War, and Keith Payne in Vietnam in 1969.
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The Victoria Cross is the highest award for valor that can be won by an Australian; just 97 Australians have been awarded the VC in conflicts from the Boer War to the Afghanistan 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 the Second World War, and Keith Payne in Vietnam in 1969.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Victoria Cross and George Cross
- Title
- Imprint
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- âOne miserable scribblerâ and a little bit of ribbon
- âA matter of chanceâ
- Bullets âthick as hailâ
- âI begin to hate the damned country where I was bornâ
- âAn ardent Australian patriotâ
- âI managed to get the buggers, Sirâ
- âThe bravest man in the Aussie Armyâ
- âTell Dad Iâm still fightingâ
- âA compelling, ubiquitous figureâ
- An ideal leader
- âI wasnât madâ
- âHit with a sledge hammerâ
- A paradoxical attitude to heroes
- âTo live and learn and see muchâ
- Cross purposes
- Down to the wire
- The endless day
- The larrikin
- One of our very best
- One among many
- âGuest of the Emperorâ
- That moment of decision
- Courage beyond compare
- âThatâs what Iâm here for, Sirâ
- âHis crew before himselfâ
- âOneâs nerves suffer a bitâ
- A wall of fire
- A war of nerves
- âIndomitableâ
- âWe went and had a beerâ
- Anomalies
- Acknowledgements
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- List of VC winners
- Notes