THE VICTORIA CROSS AND CAMPAIGN MEDALS AWARDED TO CAPTAIN ALBERT BORELLA, 26TH BN, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, HAS BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL. |
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11 June 2017 |
The Victoria Cross and campaign medals awarded to Captain Albert Borella, 26th Bn, Australian Imperial Force, have been acquired by the Australian War Memorial. The Borella VC group will go on permanent display in the AWM's Hall of Valour.
For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 16 September 1918 ], Villers Bretonneux, France, 17 / 18 July 1918, Lieutenant Albert Borella, 26th Bn, Australian Imperial Force.
For most conspicuous bravery in attack ( Villers Bretonneux, France ).
Albert Borella was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Sandringham on the 7th October 1918.
For the award of the Military Medal
[ London Gazette, 11 May 1917 ], Warlencourt, Belgium, 1 / 2 March 1917, Sergeant Albert Borella, 26th Bn, Australian Imperial Force
Albert Borella died on the 7th February 1968 and is buried in the Albury Lawn Cemetery, New South Wales. |
Iain Stewart, 11 June 2017