The Highest Honour #35 | Bill Newton | Martin O'Meara
Bill Newton was a pilot who on multiple occasions dived through intense anti-aircraft fire to achieve his mission. He was later captured and beheaded by the Japanese. Martin O'Meara was a stretcher bearer who during one battle saved the lives of over twenty-five wounded men.
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The Highest Honour #32 | Lewis McGee | Frank McNamara
Lewis McGee was awarded the Victoria Cross for his 'coolness and bravery', but the decoration was posthumous as he was killed a week later fighting at Passchendaele, while Frank McNamara was the first Australian airman to receive the Victoria Cross.
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