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Victoria Cross for WWII hero Teddy Sheean - 8/12/2020 7:35:43 AM   
JamesM

 

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Status: offline 		https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-12/teddy-sheean-victoria-cross-approved-by-queen/12550210 Well deserved VC and reading his story makes you wonder why it took so long.

The Wikipedia article about him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sheean

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RE: Victoria Cross for WWII hero Teddy Sheean - 8/12/2020 7:43:32 AM   
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ORIGINAL: JamesM

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-12/teddy-sheean-victoria-cross-approved-by-queen/12550210 Well deserved VC and reading his story makes you wonder why it took so long.

The Wikipedia article about him https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sheean
warspite1

Well that's the thing about awards - they are imperfect and many who deserved one didn't get one and some were perhaps awarded inappropriately.

But at the end of the day, anyone with a VC deserves the utmost respect and I am delighted for the family of this brave young man

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RE: Victoria Cross for WWII hero Teddy Sheean - 8/12/2020 8:05:11 AM   
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Status: offline 		I believe he is the only naval rating (non Officer sailor) to have a ship(boat) named after him in the history of RAN. Maybe wrong, but I don't think so.

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RE: Victoria Cross for WWII hero Teddy Sheean - 8/13/2020 3:51:29 AM   
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Status: offline 		Fantastic recognition for a young sailor who paid the ultimate sacrifice defending his ship so that his comrades could escape as it sank.

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ORIGINAL: goodwoodrw

I believe he is the only naval rating (non Officer sailor) to have a ship(boat) named after him in the history of RAN. Maybe wrong, but I don't think so.


Yes, SSG-77 HMAS Sheehan is the only RAN vessel ever to be named after a (non-officer) sailor.

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