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I won’t let our heroes BE FORGOTTEN

Statton?’ I exclaimed. ‘That’s my surname!’ It was April 25, 1996 – Anzac Day – and my local paper had listed the names of Tasmania’s 13 Victoria Cross recipients. One was Sergeant Percy Clyde Statton.

I didn’t know much about medals, but I knew the Victoria Cross, or VC, was the most prestigious there was. Awarded for acts of bravery in wartime, it was our highest military honour.

Presented at Buckingham Palace, London, UK, it was given for valour ‘in the presence

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