The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
This new memorial, erected to the memory of the men who died in the defence of Tobruk, was built by Australian Sappers and stands on the Tobruk – Bardia Road. Immediately behind the memorial may be seen the British and Australian war cemetery. NX15705 Corporal John Hurst Edmondson, Australia’s first VC Winner of this war is buried here.
A bridge built across a railway cutting near Vendelles, in France, by the 12th Field Company of Australian Engineers, with materials salvaged from captured German dumps. This structure, built alongide
The British and Australian war cemetery on the Tobruk – Bardia Road. In the distance is the memorial, erected to the memory of the men who died in the defence of Tobruk which was built by Australian
Grave of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC, 2/17 Australian Infantry Battalion. On 14 April 1941, Corporal Edmondson died at Tobruk aged 26.
The grave in the Middle East of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC, 2/17 Infantry Battalion AIF, who died on 14 April 1941 from wounds received the previous day during an attack against a German
Exterior portrait of N375766 Private (Pte) Joseph William Edmondson, father of NX15705 Corporal (Cpl) John Hurst Edmondson VC. Cpl Edmondson was the first Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross i
TOBRUK, LIBYA, C. 1941. J. SMITH OF THE 2/17TH BATTALION STANDING AT THE GRAVE OF NX15705 CORPORAL JOHN EDMONDSON VC OF THE SAME UNIT, IN THE TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY. EDMONDSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CR
The grave of NX15705 Corporal John Hurst Edmondson VC, of the 2/17th Australian Infantry Battalion, killed in action 14 April 1941, first winner of the VC in the 2nd AIF. The citation in the London
