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VC1062 Edgar Thomas Towner
David
Name Edgar Thomas Towner No.
VC Issue No. 1061 Awards VC MC
Regiment Australian Imperial Force, Australian Machine Gun Corps, 2nd Battalion, 7th Machine Gun Company, No. 3 Section
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Major
Place Of Birth Glencoe Station, near Blackall, Barcoo district, Queensland, Australia
Place Of Death At his home, Kaloola Station, near Longreach or at Longreach Base Hospital, Australia
Buried/Location Ashes Longreach Town Cemetery, Australia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 21 or 25 August 1972
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 14 December 1918
VC Presented 10 April 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Longreach Town Cemetery, Australia
P Statue, Blackall Memorial Park, Landsborough Highway, Blackall, QLD, Australia
P Victoria Cross Commemoration Paving Stone, National Memorial, Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Display, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Towner Place, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Board, Longreach RSL Club, QLD, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Ingleburn RSL Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Borella Road, Peards Complex, East Albury, NSW, Australia
By The Way…
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of Australia and the Royal Historical Society of New South Wales, awarded the Dr Thomson Gold Medal for his geographical work
VC Held By
Privately held
BORN 19 April 1890
DIED 18 August 1972 AGE 82
VC Won 1 September 1918 AGE 28
Place VC Won Mont St. Quentin, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918
