Who was known as the “Hero of Tobruk” during World War II?
a) Sir John Monash
b) Edward “Weary” Dunlop
c) Nancy Wake
d) Sir Leslie Morshead
Answer:
Answer: d) Sir Leslie Morshead
Which Australian soldier was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Battle of Lone Pine during World War I?
a) Albert Jacka
b) Billy Sing
c) Charles Kingsford Smith
d) John Simpson Kirkpatrick
Answer:
Answer: a) Albert Jacka
Which Australian nurse became known for her bravery in the face of adversity while held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese during World War II?
a) Olive Kelso King
b) Vivian Bullwinkel
c) Sister Elizabeth Kenny
d) Anna Maria Birkett
Answer:
Answer: b) Vivian Bullwinkel
Who was the Australian war correspondent that covered conflicts such as the Vietnam War and the Gulf War?
a) Charles Bean
b) Chester Wilmot
c) Alan Moorehead
d) Kate Webb
Answer:
Answer: d) Kate Webb
Which Australian pilot was famous for his efforts during the Battle of Britain in World War II?
a) Clive Caldwell
b) Keith Park
c) Harry Chauvel
d) Richard Williams
Answer:
Answer: a) Clive Caldwell
Who was the Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at the Battle of Polygon Wood during World War I?
a) Robert Grieve
b) Martin O’Meara
c) William Ruthven
d) Hugo Throssell
Answer:
Answer: b) Martin O’Meara
Which Australian general commanded the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the Gallipoli Campaign?
a) William Birdwood
b) John Monash
c) Harold Edward Elliott
d) Charles Rosenthal
Answer:
Answer: a) William Birdwood
Who was the Australian Aboriginal soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery at the Battle of Hamel during World War I?
a) Albert Knight
b) Harold West
c) Albert Knight
d) Douglas Grant
Answer:
Answer: d) Douglas Grant
Which Australian war hero became known for his role in the capture of German New Guinea during World War I?
a) Pompey Elliott
b) Henry Gordon Bennett
c) Stanley Savige
d) Samuel Kirkpatrick
Answer:
Answer: c) Stanley Savige
Which Australian pilot became the leading fighter ace in the Pacific Theatre during World War II?
a) Keith Truscott
b) Richard Cresswell
c) Brendan “Paddy” Finucane
d) Clive “Killer” Caldwell
Answer:
Answer: a) Keith Truscott
Who was the Australian sailor awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions aboard HMAS Yarra during World War II?
a) Thomas Axford
b) Joe Harman
c) Percy Westcott
d) Robert Rankin
Answer:
Answer: b) Joe Harman
Which Australian war hero was the first Indigenous Australian to receive the Victoria Cross?
a) Alfred Shout
b) Douglas Grant
c) Reginald Roy Inwood
d) Albert Knight
Answer:
Answer: a) Alfred Shout
Who was the Australian soldier known for his actions at the Battle of Beersheba during World War I?
a) Harry Murray
b) James Newland
c) Albert Jacka
d) Walter Peeler
Answer:
Answer: a) Harry Murray
Which Australian general served as the commander of the Australian Corps in France during World War I?
a) William Glasgow
b) John Monash
c) Talbot Hobbs
d) Cyril Brudenell White
Answer:
Answer: b) John Monash
Who was the Australian nurse recognized for her heroism during the Battle of Crete in World War II?
a) Betty Jeffrey
b) Eileen Nearne
c) Mavis Robertson
d) Sister Mary Glowrey
Answer:
Answer: a) Betty Jeffrey
Which Australian officer was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Damour in World War II?
a) Jack Edmondson
b) Charles Anderson
c) Keith Payne
d) Jack French
Answer:
Answer: a) Jack Edmondson
Who was the Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during the Battle of Milne Bay in World War II?
a) Harold Edward Elliott
b) Jack French
c) Stan Bisset
d) Herman Sanders
Answer:
Answer: c) Stan Bisset
Which Australian war hero was known as the “Sole Survivor” from his unit after the Vietnam War?
a) Peter Badcoe
b) Michael Pratt
c) Rayene Stewart Simpson
d) Keith Payne
Answer:
Answer: b) Michael Pratt
Who was the Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in New Guinea during World War II?
a) John Hurst Edmondson
b) Arthur Roden Cutler
c) Thomas Caldwell
d) Wilbur Dartnell
Answer:
Answer: a) John Hurst Edmondson
Which Australian war hero was known for his leadership during the Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War?
a) Bruce Kingsbury
b) Frank Partridge
c) George Gosse
d) Bill Speakman
Answer:
Answer: a) Bruce Kingsbury
Who was the Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Battle of Sattelberg during World War II?
a) Tom Derrick
b) Percy Cherry
c) Frederick Tubb
d) Jim Gordon
Answer:
Answer: a) Tom Derrick
Which Australian war hero was known for his service in the Z Special Unit during World War II?
a) Douglas Grant
b) Freddie Spencer Chapman
c) Leonard Siffleet
d) Reginald Saunders
Answer:
Answer: b) Freddie Spencer Chapman
Who was the Australian war correspondent that reported on the Spanish Civil War and World War II?
a) George Johnston
b) Osmar White
c) Chester Wilmot
d) William Beach Thomas
Answer:
Answer: b) Osmar White
Which Australian soldier was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Long Tan during the Vietnam War?
a) Keith Payne
b) Robert Buick
c) Kevin Wheatley
d) Ray Simpson
Answer:
Answer: c) Kevin Wheatley
Who was the Australian pilot awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in aerial combat during World War I?
a) Harry Cobby
b) Roy Cecil Phillipps
c) Ross Smith
d) Cedric Howell
Answer:
Answer: a) Harry Cobby
Which Australian war hero was known for his service as a sniper during the Vietnam War?
a) Robert Buick
b) Billy Sing
c) John Hine
d) Keith Payne
Answer:
Answer: a) Robert Buick
Who was the Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Bullecourt during World War I?
a) Richard Courtney
b) Patrick Bugden
c) Percy Black
d) Tom Axford
Answer:
Answer: b) Patrick Bugden
Which Australian war hero was known as the “Diver” for his service in underwater demolition during World War II?
a) Roy Phillipps
b) Freddie Spencer Chapman
c) Robert Buick
d) Reginald Saunders
Answer:
Answer: a) Roy Phillipps
Who was the Australian nurse awarded the George Medal for her courage during the bombing of Darwin in World War II?
a) Alice Kitchen
b) Sister Clare Deacon
c) Alice Ross-King
d) Jessie Vasey
Answer:
Answer: c) Alice Ross-King
Which Australian war hero was known for his leadership in the defense of Tobruk during World War II?
a) Sir Leslie Morshead
b) Pompey Elliott
c) Harry Chauvel
d) John Lavarack
Answer:
Answer: a) Sir Leslie Morshead
Who was the Australian pilot awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during World War I, making him the first Australian aviator to receive this honor?
a) Ross Smith
b) Frank McNamara
c) Harry Cobby
d) Leslie Irvin
Answer:
Answer: a) Ross Smith
Which Australian war hero became famous for his escape from a Japanese POW camp in Java during World War II?
a) Edward “Weary” Dunlop
b) Sir Leslie Morshead
c) Richard “Dick” Tracy
d) Bill Newton
Answer:
Answer: c) Richard “Dick” Tracy
Who was the Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Belgium during World War I?
a) Albert Jacka
b) George Ingram
c) Hugo Throssell
d) Samuel Pearse
Answer:
Answer: a) Albert Jacka
Which Australian war hero was known for his service in the Pacific Theatre during World War II and later in Korea and Malaya?
a) Tom Derrick
b) George Gosse
c) Frederick Tubb
d) Frank Partridge
Answer:
Answer: b) George Gosse
Who was the Australian nurse awarded the George Cross for her bravery in Singapore during World War II?
a) Eileen Nearne
b) Alice Kitchen
c) Betty Jeffrey
d) Lilian Violet Cooper
Answer:
Answer: a) Eileen Nearne
Which Australian soldier was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in Papua New Guinea during World War II?
a) Clarrie Harders
b) Albert Chowne
c) Thomas Currie Derrick
d) John French
Answer:
Answer: b) Albert Chowne
