Name John Hurst Edmondson No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1178 Awards VC
Regiment Australian Military Forces, 2/17th (New South Wales) Battalion
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Place Of Death Post R 33, Tobruk, Libya
Buried/Location Ashes Tobruk War Cemetery, on the coast road west of Tobruk, Libya
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot III, Row J, Grave 8
Gazetted 4 July 1941
VC Presented 27 September 1941, Governor-General of Australia, Lord Gowrie VC, Australia
Memorials
Headstone, Tobruk War Cemetery, on the coast road west of Tobruk, Libya
Named on Roll of Honour, Area 40, Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Display at Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Named on War Memorial, Victory Memorial Gardens, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Memorial Plaque, St Johns CofE, Church Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Edmondson VC Club, Kapooka, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Memorial Plaque, Walk of Honour, Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
John Edmondson RSL Clubhouse, , Liverpool, NSW, Australia
Memorial Clock, Library Forecourt, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Edmondson Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Edmondson Park, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Edmondson Street, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Edmondson Avenue, Austral, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Edmondson Road, Loxwood, SA, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Peards Complex, East Albury, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial Wall, Ingleburn RSL, NSW, Australia
By The Way…
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
