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VC1060    Robert Mactier

David

Name   Robert Mactier    No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1060   Awards   VC     

Regiment   Australian Imperial Force, 23rd (Victoria) Battalion, B Company

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   'Reitcam', Tatura, Victoria, Australia

Place Of Death   near Peronne, France

Buried/Location Ashes   Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Rue de la Ferme, Hem-Monacu, Somme, 5 miles west of Peronne, Somme, France

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)    Plot/Grave no.   Plot 2, Row J, Grave 3

Gazetted   14 December 1918

VC Presented   13 June 1919 by the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson at Melbourne Town Hall, Australia to his father, Robert

Memorials

P  Headstone, Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Rue de la Ferme, Hem-Monacu, Somme, 5 miles west of Peronne, Somme, France

Named on Roll of Honour, Panel 99, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Named on War Memorial, Statue and Memorial Plaques, Robert Mactier VC Memorial Gardens, Hogan Street, Tatura, VIC, Australia

Named on War Memorial & Stained Glass Window, St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Hogan Street, Tatura, VIC, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire

P  Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Mactier Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia

P  Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Borella Road, Peards Complex, East Albury, NSW, Australia

P  Victoria Cross Memorial, Ingleburn RSL Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia


By The Way…

In 1983 his family donated his medals to the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, for the Nation


VC Held By

Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

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BORN   17 May 1890

DIED   1 September 1918  AGE   28

VC Won   1 September 1918   AGE 28  

Place VC Won  Mont St. Quentin, France

War/Campaign   First World War 1918

The First World War