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| Name: |
Partridge, Frank John |
| Date of birth: | November 29th, 1924 (Grafton/New South Wales, Australia)
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| Date of death: |
March 23rd, 1964 (Bellinger/New South Wales, Australia)
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Australian |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Partridge was killed in a car accident in 1964, and was buried with full military honours in Macksville Cemetery, Australia.
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VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
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Private
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Unit:
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8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
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Awarded on:
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April 13th, 1946
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Action:
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On July 24, 1945 the unit of private Partridge came under heavily enemy fire at Bougainville on the Solomon Islands.
Partridge considered themselves non moment, stormed forward from his shelter and could, with throwing hand grenades, eliminate a machine-gun post. When he again attacked an enemy spot -a bunker- he touched wounded. This means that he had to blow off his attack. He dragged himself back, to the rest of its section. They gave covering fire so he could withdraw themselves from their critical position.
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| Picture source: |
- Harry Willey, Australia |
| Information source(s): |
- Victoria Cross Reference
- The Register of the Victoria Cross - published by This Engeland 1997 - ISBN 0906324270
- Special thanks to Iain Stewart from The History of the Victoria Cross |
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