ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “After a decades-long campaign, WWII hero Teddy Sheean has been awarded a Victoria Cross | ABC News” – below is their description.
Seventy-eight years since his heroic actions in World War II, Ordinary Seaman Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean has become the first Navy crew member to be awarded Australia’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross.
In December 1942, the 18-year-old defied orders to abandon the rapidly-sinking HMAS Armidale off the coast of East Timor, which was under heavy attack by Japanese aircraft, and instead strapped himself to the ship’s anti-aircraft gun and shot at enemy planes until he disappeared beneath the waves.
The award was presented to Sheean’s nephew Garry Ivory at a ceremony in Canberra.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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