World War Ii Hero Teddy Sheean To Posthumously Receive Victoria Cross

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Free Republic
Sun, 08/09/2020 - 7:51pm

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has recommended the Queen posthumously award World War II hero Edward 'Teddy' Sheean a Victoria Cross. Tasmanian Sheean, an 18-year-old with less than two years at sea, was an Ordinary Seaman on the minesweeper HMAS Armidale when it came under heavy attack from Japanese aircraft off the coast of what is now Timor-Leste in 1942.

Topics: teddy prime minister scott morrison queen world war ii tasmanian sheean ordinary seaman hmas armidale japanese timor-leste mr morrison australia sheean victoria cross posthumously receive

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