Javascript required:
We're sorry, but
Forces War Records
doesn't work properly without JavaScript enabled. You will need to enable Javascript by changing your browser settings.
Learn how to enable it.
Skip to content
Show Navigation
Search & Browse
Featured
Join Now
Sign In
Save To Ancestry
Index record for
EDMONDSON, John Hurst
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Info
Connections
0
Comments
1
Browse
Full Name
EDMONDSON, John Hurst
Date Of Birth
8 Oct 1914
Age
26
Birth Place
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality
Australian
Date
1941
Date Of Death
1941
Fate
Died of wounds
Information
Parents: Joseph William and Maude Elizabeth Edmondson, of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
Rank Name
Corporal
Service Number
NX15705
Gazette Date
1941
Gazette Page
3807 (V.C.); Issue: 35207 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Tobruk, Libya
Died in Active Service
Gold Star
Service
Australian Army
Regiment
Australian Military Forces
Battalion
2/17th Battalion
Commemorated
Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya; Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia
Place of Death
Tobruk, North Africa
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Africa Star
award
War Medal 1939 - 1945
award
1939-1945 Star
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
Views
0
Add a correction
Publication info
Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
Report an issue