WA Born VC Winners
Series
No. 8 in the
series of 9 caches plus a Bonus Box -
K&C 039.
Collect all the clues
from each of the 9 caches to gain the CO's for the Bonus
Box.
The clues are located on the
back of the log books, and are in the format of A = * B = *
etc...
There are prizes for the 1st few cachers who complete the
series. Please only take one prize. Inside the Bonus Box is 1
certificate for an event coin, gift vouchers, an "Australia
Remembers 1945 - 1995" coin/penny(donated by AmstradKid) and other
goodies.
Private Leslie Thomas
Starcevich VC
DOB: 5 September
1918
Place Of
Birth: Subiaco, WA
Tom Starcevich was a quietly-spoken Western
Australian veteran of the fighting in Egypt - he was wounded at Tel
el Eisa in July 1942 - and New Guinea before gaining the Victoria
Cross in North Borneo on the 28 June 1945.
With the 2/43rd Battalion, during the
capture of Beaufort, British North Borneo, he attacked Japanese
machine-gun positions, fearlessly firing his Bren gun from the hip.
"The outstanding gallantry of Private Starcevich in carrying out
these attacks single-handed with complete disregard of his own
safety resulted in the decisive success of the action." Turning to
farming and grazing after the war, Starcevich also served for a
time in his local Citizen Military Forces unit.
The Victoria
Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest award for acts of bravery in
wartime. It was instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria and made
retrospective to 1854 to cover the period of the Crimean War. It is
possible for any serving member of the armed forces to obtain this
award. The Victoria Cross is designed in the form of the Maltese
Cross: in the centre of the medal is a lion guardant standing upon
the Royal Crown. The words "For valour" are inscribed below. The
Victoria Cross is suspended from a crimson ribbon. On the reverse
of the cross the date of the act of bravery is inscribed, along
with the name, rank, and unit of the recipient
Aknowledgments:
Australian War
Memorial