IT IS TIME: RAN VC

摘要

The Victoria Cross was established on 29 January 1856 with the award adopted into the honours system of Canada in 1967, and by Australia and New Zealand in 1975. India and Pakistan introduced their own systems of awards. In India, the VC was replaced by the Param Vir Chakra (PVC) and in Pakistan by the Nishan-e-Haider (NH). Before considering posthumous awards of the Victoria Cross, of which there are many examples, this paper considers those medals that have been forfeited. Noting, also, that for actions before 1975, Victoria Crosses awarded to Australian recipients would have been gazetted through the British [Empire] Honours System. This paper builds a case for the award of the Royal Australian Navy's first VC.