@icyfroth wrote:
Australian war hero Teddy Sheean will be awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross following a review by an expert panel.
Sheean died in 1942 when the HMAS Armidale was sunk by Japanese bombers in the Timor Sea.
The 18-year-old strapped himself to an anti-aircraft gun as the vessel went down and is credited with saving the lives of 49 crew.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison established an independent panel earlier this year after Sheean was denied the military honour.
The panel found Sheean deserved the recognition.
Mr Morrison has contacted the Queen to recommend Sheean be given the Victoria Cross and is confident she will agree.
toria Cross and is confident she will agree.
Edward "Teddy" Sheean was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy during the Second World War.
Born in Tasmania, Sheean was employed as a farm labourer when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve in April 1941. Following training at HMAS Derwent and the Flinders Naval Depot, he was posted to Sydney, where he joined the newly commissioned corvette HMAS Armidale in June 1942.
Sheean served aboard Armidale as she initially took part in escort duties along the eastern Australian coast and in New Guinea waters, before he transferred with the ship to Darwin in October, where Armidale was given the task of assisting Australian operations in Timor.
