IN PICTURES: Victoria Cross Medal debut at Half Tide
Premium Content Subscriber only Judith Sheean said she was proud, honoured and overwhelmed to wear the first Victoria Cross awarded to an Australian navy crew member. It was posthumously awarded to Teddy Sheean, 78 years after he died from an incredible act of heroism during World War II. As the special guest at the Half Tide Beach Anzac Day Dawn Service, Mrs Sheean said the honour was supposed to be reserved for her husband William — Teddy’s nephew — but he passed away six weeks earlier. “My husband was desperately hoping to make it here,” Mrs Sheean said. “But I’m here.
Source: dailymercury.com.au