Lieutenant Albert Chowne VC MM - 2 / 2nd Bn, Australian Imperial Force

KNOWN GRAVES OF HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
IN: PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Name Albert,
CHOWNE		 John Alexander,
FRENCH		 Bruce Steel,
KINGSBURY		 William Ellis,
NEWTON
Rank Lieutenant Corporal Private Flight Lieutenant
Force 2 / 2 Bn, AIF 2 / 9th Bn, AIF 2 / 14th Bn, AIF 22 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force
VC won Dagua, New Guinea,
25 March 1945		 Milne Bay, New Guinea,
4 September 1942		 Isurava, New Guinea,
29 August 1942		 Salamaua, New Guinea,
16 March 1943
London Gaz 6 September 1945 14 January 1943 9 February 1943 19 October 1943
Born Syndey, New South Wales,
19 July 1920		 Crows Nest, Queensland,
15 July 1914		 Melbourne, Victoria,
8 January 1918		 Melbourne, Victoria,
8 June 1919
Died 25 March 1945
Dagua, New Guinea		 4 September 1942,
Milne Bay, New Guinea		 29 August 1942,
Isurava, New Guinea		 29 March 1943,
Prisoner of War, Salamaua, New Guinea
Grave Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Morseby War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Port Morseby War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Location
of VC		 Australian War Memorial, Canberra Not publicly held Australian War Memorial, Canberra Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remarks MM None None None

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Name Sefanaia,
SUKANAIVALU


Rank Corporal


Force 3rd Bn, Fijian Infantry Regiment


VC won Bougainville, Solomons,
23 June 1944


London Gaz 2 November 1944


Born Yathata Island, Fiji,
1918


Died 23 June 1944,
Bourgainville, Solomons


Grave Rabual War Cemetery, New Britain, Papua New Guinea


Location
of VC		 Not publicly held


Remarks None


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