Name William Ellis Newton No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1230 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Australian Air Force, No. 22 Squadron
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Flight Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Flight Lieutenant
Place Of Birth St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Place Of Death Kila Point, New Guinea (now Papa New Guinea)
Buried/Location Ashes Lae War Cemetery, near Lae Zoo, on the east coast of Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Section S, Row A, Grave 4
Gazetted 19 October 1943
VC Presented 30 November 1945, Governor-General of Australia, Duke of Gloucester, Australia
Memorials
P Headstone, Lae War Cemetery, near Lae Zoo, on the east coast of Huon Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Named on Roll of Honour, Area 101, Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Memorial Plaque, St Kilda Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Memorial Plaque, St Kilda Cricket Pavilion, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Alfred Square, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
P Memorial Plaque, Victoria Golf Club, Park Road, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
P VC Heroes Walk, Anzac Memorial Park, The Strand, Townsville, Q, Australia
Display at Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Newton Way, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
William Newton VC Rest Area, Federal Highway, Bywong, NSW, Australia
P Victoria Cross Memorial, Keith Payne VC Park, Stafford, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
By The Way…
He was beheaded by the Japanese soon after his capture
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
