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PRIVATE RALPH JONES GC, 22ND GARRISON BATTALION, WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS FOR BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DURING A MASS OUTBREAK AT NO. 12 POW CAMP, COWRA, ON THE NIGHT OF C.1944-08-04. AS A MEMBER OF A MACHINE GUN CREW, HE CONTINUED TO WORK THE GUN UNTIL OVERWHELMED BY ESCAPING JAPANESE.
The Last Post Ceremony is presented in the Commemorative area of the Australian War Memorial each day. The ceremony commemorates more than 102,000 Australians who have given their lives in war and oth
N103951 PRIVATE B. G. HARDY GC, 22ND GARRISON BATTALION, WHO WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS FOR BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY DURING A MASS OUTBREAK AT NO. 12 POW CAMP, COWRA, ON THE NIGHT O
SOLDIERS OF THE 22ND GARRISON BATTALION CARRY TO THE GRAVESIDE THE COFFINS OF PRIVATES C. H. SHEPHERD, RALPH JONES AND BENJAMIN GOWER HARDY, ALSO OF THE 22ND GARRISON BATTALION. THEY WERE KILLED REPEL
Funeral procession along the main street of Privates C. H. Shepherd, Ralph Jones and Benjamin Gower Hardy, all of the 22nd Garrison Battalion. They were killed repelling the Japanese outbreak at the 1
CIVILIAN MOURNERS BESIDE THE COFFINS OF PRIVATES C. H. SHEPHERD, RALPH JONES AND BENJAMIN GOWER HARDY, ALL OF THE 22ND GARRISON BATTALION. THEY WERE KILLED REPELLING THE JAPANESE OUTBREAK AT THE 12TH
George Cross. Engraved reverse with recipient's details. Ralph Jones was born at Gorleston, England on 26 September 1900 and emigrated to Australia in the 1920s. He was employed as a labourer when h
SERGEANT E. G. BAILEY GC, NSW POLICE FORCE, POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS FOR BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AT BLAYNEY, NSW, WHERE AT NIGHT ON THE 1945-01-12, ALTHOUGH MORT
