Walter Peeler
Walter "Wally" Peeler, VC, BEM (9 August 1887 – 23 May 1968) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. He was decorated following his actions during the Battle of Broodseinde in October 1917. Then a lance corporal in the Australian Imperial Force, he repeatedly took the lead in the 37th Battalion's advance on well-defended German positions, destroying four machine gun posts and killing more than 30 German soldiers during the battle.
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Walter Peeler
Walter "Wally" Peeler, VC, BEM (9 August 1887 – 23 May 1968) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. He was decorated following his actions during the Battle of Broodseinde in October 1917. Then a lance corporal in the Australian Imperial Force, he repeatedly took the lead in the 37th Battalion's advance on well-defended German positions, destroying four machine gun posts and killing more than 30 German soldiers during the battle.
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Walter "Wally" Peeler, VC, BEM ...... outh Caulfield on 23 May 1968.
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Australia
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First World War
* Western Fron ...... Java
*** Battle of Leuwiliang
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1887-08-09
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Barker's Creek, Victoria
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Walter Peeler c.1920
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1968-05-23
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Caulfield South, Victoria
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Custodian of the Shrine of Remembrance
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Walter "Wally" Peeler, VC, BEM ...... an soldiers during the battle.
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