THE VICTORIA CROSS GROUP AWARDED TO SERGEANT REGINALD INWOOD, 10TH BN, AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, HAS BEEN LOANED TO THE AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL IN CANBERRA. |
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10 March 2016 |
Reginald Inwood left his Victoria Cross group to the 10th Battalion Club in his will and objected when the members suggested they would donate the VC to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. In June 1971 the 10th Battalion Club decided, with Reginald Inwood's consent, to present the Victoria Cross to Adelaide City Council. A decision has now been made by Adelaide City Council and the 10th Battalion Association to loan the Reginald Inwood Victoria Cross group to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra until next year ( 2017 ), after which it will be returned to Adelaide. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 26 November 1917 ], Polygon Wood, Belgium, 19-22 September 1917, Private Reginald Roy Inwood, 10th Bn, Australian Imperial Force.
For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during the advance to the second objective ( Polygon Wood, East of Ypres, Belgium ).
Reginald Inwood was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 19th December 1917.
Reginald Inwood died on the 23rd October 1971 and was buried in the West Terrace AIF Cemetery in Adelaide. |
Iain Stewart, 14 March 2016