Teddy Sheean awarded Victoria Cross in official Canberra ceremony
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Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean has received
Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean has received the Victoria Cross award for demonstrating “valour and most conspicuous gallantry” during World War II at an official ceremony at Government House in Canberra.
Teddy has become the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to receive the honour which was accepted on his behalf by his nephew Garry Ivory.
As Australia’s highest military award, Official Secretary to the Governor-General Paul Singer said an act of daring valour, self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy were hallmarks of the type of behavior demonstrated by those who received the medal.
He said Teddy was being awarded the Victoria Cross for the “most conspicuous gallantry and a preeminent act of valour in the presence of an enemy” during a Japanese aerial attack on the HMAS Armidale in the East Timor sea on December 1, 1942.
When the ship came under aerial bombardment and the order was given to abandon the ship, Teddy strapped himself to a gun and fired on the enemy, saving his defenceless shipmates who were in the water.
“Despite his wounds, he continued firing the gun until the ship sank and took him to his death,” Mr Singer said.
“The pre-eminent act of valour and most conspicuous gallantry saved Australian lives, his heroism became the standard to which the men and women of the Australian Defence Force aspire.”
Teddy has become the first member of the Royal Australian Navy to receive the honour which was accepted on his behalf by his nephew Garry Ivory.
As Australia’s highest military award, Official Secretary to the Governor-General Paul Singer said an act of daring valour, self-sacrifice or extreme devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy were hallmarks of the type of behavior demonstrated by those who received the medal.
He said Teddy was being awarded the Victoria Cross for the “most conspicuous gallantry and a preeminent act of valour in the presence of an enemy” during a Japanese aerial attack on the HMAS Armidale in the East Timor sea on December 1, 1942.
When the ship came under aerial bombardment and the order was given to abandon the ship, Teddy strapped himself to a gun and fired on the enemy, saving his defenceless shipmates who were in the water.
“Despite his wounds, he continued firing the gun until the ship sank and took him to his death,” Mr Singer said.
“The pre-eminent act of valour and most conspicuous gallantry saved Australian lives, his heroism became the standard to which the men and women of the Australian Defence Force aspire.”
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