Frank Partridge (VC)
Frank John Partridge, VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. He was decorated for his actions on Bougainville in July 1945, when he attacked two Japanese bunkers despite severe wounds. Partridge was the last and, atyears of age, the youngest Australian awarded the Victoria Cross in World War160II. He later became a farmer and a television quiz champion, and unsuccessfully ran for political office shortly before his death in a car accident.
Frank John Partridge was born at Grafton, New South Wales, on 29160November 1924, to farmer Patrick James Partridge and his Englishborn wife Mary . The youth was educated at Tewinga Public School until he left atto work on the familys dairy and banana farm at Upper Newee Creek, near Macksville.
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