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NX20317 CORPORAL
JOHN BERNARD MACKEY VC, 2/3RD PIONEER BATTALION, AIF.
"The Baby-faced
Hero"
CORPORAL MACKEY WAS
AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR BRAVERY ON 1945-05-12 DURING AN ATTACK ON
THREE JAPANESE POSITIONS AT A FEATURE KNOWN AS HELEN, EAST OF TARAKAN,
BORNEO.
MACKEY MANAGED TO SILENCE
THE POSITIONS BUT WAS KILLED WHILST ATTACKING THE THIRD.
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