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Name George Cartwright No.
VC Issue No. 1054 Awards VC ED
Regiment Australian Imperial Force, 33rd (New South Wales) Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth 5 North Street, South Kensington, London, Egnland
Place Of Death At his home, Epping, Lidcombe, NSW, Australia
Buried/Location Ashes Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cremated Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 14 December 1918
VC Presented 8 March 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Memorial Plaque, Rookwood Cemetery, War Graves Wall, Garden of Remembrance, Sydney, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Captured Gun & Display, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, by War Memorial, Sloane Square, Chelsea, West London
P Memorial, Merrylands RSL Club, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Borella Road, Peards Complex, East Albury, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Ingleburn RSL Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia
P George Cartwright VC Reserve, Inverell, NSW, Australia
By The Way…
Gifted to the Imperial War Museum by his widow, Mrs Evelyn Cartwright on the 12 May 1978, it had been his wish that his VC be returned to the country of his birth and never be separated from his other medals or ever be returned to Australia
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
BORN 9 December 1894
DIED 2 February 1978 AGE 83
VC Won 31 August 1918 AGE 23
Place VC Won Rood Wood, near Peronne, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
