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FRANK J. PARTRIDGE, VC |
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Frank J. PARTRIDGE, VC who won his Victoria
Cross on Bougainville 24 July 1945.
Born on the 29 November 1924 Frank Partridge grew up on the family farm at Newee Creek in the Nambucca Valley NSW. He was the youngest Australian serviceman, also the first militiamen to win the Victoria Cross, for his bravery in 1945 as part of the 8th Battalion, 23rd Brigade, on Bougainville during the Second World War. A self educated man, after the war he rose to fame as a TV quiz champion and was recognized on numerous occasions for his amazing mind. At the age of 39, Frank was killed in a car accident on 23 march 1964. He was buried with full military honors at Macksville Cemetery, NSW. His home town of Macksville raised a monument to him, in 1989 a new primary school at Nambucca Heads was named the Frank Partridge VC Public School and on the 11th of November 2001 a military museum was opened by his son Lachlann. |
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| Pacific Star | Defence Medal | 1939/45 War Medal | Australia Service Medal 1939/45 |
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WATSONIA, VIC. 1946-04-18. THE THREE VC'S WHO WILL MARCH IN THE LONDON VICTORY MARCH, BEFORE EMBARKING ON HMAS SHROPSHIRE EN ROUTE TO ENGLAND. LEFT TO RIGHT: N454409 F. J. PARTRIDGE; NX208102 SERGEANT R. R. RATTEY, QX500601 PRIVATE R. KELLIHER. |
