Dr Tom Lewis OAM: Teddy Sheean RAN WW2 – The Victoria Cross
Posted on: Mon 19 Oct 2020
It’s a sad fact that, despite amazing acts of bravery and sacrifice, no member of the Royal Australian Navy had been awarded the Victoria Cross, that is… until this year, when Edward “Teddy” Sheean, one of the youngest and most inexperienced sailors on board the Corvette HMAS Armidale during World War 11, posthumously received this most prestigious of awards. Dr Tom Lewis tells us the story.
Interviewer Helen Meyer
Book Honour Denied – Teddy Sheean A Tasmanian Hero Publisher Avonmore Books
