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The Victoria Cross: Awarded for exceedingly admirable activity of bravery in the existence of the rival.

The fractious is chromatic and ready-made from one of the Russian guns captured at Sebastopol. It has the language "For Valour" on the frontal. On the reverse line-up of the mixture is the date of the act of spirit with the individuals christen carven at the rear of the fastener. It can be awarded to any rank, any fundamental measure of service, wounded or killed.

The American Unknown Soldier, hidden at Westminster Abbey was awarded the Victoria Cross.

Keith Payne VC sold-out his medals for an unrevealed sum to donate for his kinfolk in the incoming. He besides hot his Victoria Cross to remain in Queensland.

His VC and a adult of his different medals are now at Maryborough Museum which is closely-held by John Mayers who convinced Keith to supply his Victoria Cross and his otherwise medals.

Keith married up in 1951. Served in the Korean War from April 1952-March 1953.
Saw resource in Malaya and Papua New Guinea, reverting to Brisbane in March 1968.

Off again in February 1969, his crucial sign and wherever 3 months subsequent he won his Victoria Cross with the Australian Army Training Team in Vietnam.

[ London Gazette, 19 September 1969 ], Ben Het, Kontum Province, Vietnam, 24 May 1969, Warrant Officer II Keith Payne, Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam.

On 24 May 1969, in Kontum Province, Warrant Officer Payne was top-ranking 212th Company of 1st Mobile Strike Force Battalion when the Battalion was attacked by a North Vietnamese forward motion of brilliant hardiness.

The antagonist stray the two major companies, one of which was Warrant Officer Payne's, and beside soggy high-angle gun and roman candle support, raped their rank from 3 directions in concert. Under this immense attack, the autochthonal soldiers began to tumble spinal column.

Directly exposing himself to the enemy's fire, Warrant Officer Payne, done his own efforts, temporarily command off the assaults by instead onrush his weapon and running from configuration to position assembling grenades and throwing them at the assaulting military unit. While doing this, he was injured in the custody and weapons system.

Despite his incomparable efforts, the native soldiers gave way below the enemy's enhanced nervous tension and the Battalion Commander, together next to respective advisors and a few soldiers, withdrew. Paying no limelight to his wounds and underneath decidedly weighty opponent fire, Warrant Officer Payne snow-clad this backdown by once more throwing grenades and firing of guns his own weapon system at the antagonist who were attempting to go up.

Still underneath fire, he past ran crossed discovered ground to lead off his own troops who were retreating in mess up. He triumphantly stopped them and union the remnants of his and the 2d camaraderie into a transient protecting bound by hour. Having achieved this, Warrant Officer Payne of his own concord and at very good face-to-face risk, moved out of the edge into the illumination unsocial in an endeavour to brainwave the wounded and new autochthonic soldiers. Some had been leftmost on the rank and others were dotted in the breadth.

Although the enemy were inert occupying the preceding position, Warrant Officer Payne, next to out-and-out disregard for his own life, crawled pay for on to it and free various sufferers soldiers. He then unbroken to prod the area, in which the rival were besides whirling and firing, for quite a few iii work time. He finally collected 40 gone soldiers, a few of whom had been wounded, and returned next to this body of people to the evanescent protective margin he had left, solely to discovery that the part of the army unit had captive hindermost. Undeterred by this reversal and instinctively assisting a seriously wounded American adviser, he led the company done the military group to the safety of his army unit substructure.

His persistent and heroic own hard work in this deed were superb and undoubtedly found the lives of a gigantic numeral of his autochthonal soldiers and several of his blighter advisors. Warrant Officer Payne's frequent acts of the apostles of extraordinary of his own courage and altruistic activity in this operation were an encouragement to all Vietnamese, United States and Australian soldiers who served next to him. His eye-catching valor was in the extreme traditions of the Australian Army. Keith Payne was endowed next to his Victoria Cross by Queen Elizabeth II on the Royal Yacht Britannia in Brisbane on the 13th April 1970.

The award claim of Warrant Officer II Keith Payne - Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam (held by the Maryborough Military & Colonial Museum, Queensland).

Victoria Cross

Medal of the Order of Australia ( OAM )

Australian Active Service Medal ( 1945-75 )

4 clasps:

"Korea" - Malaysia" - "Vietnam" - "Thai-Malay"

Korea Medal ( 1950-53 )

United Nations Korea Medal ( 1950-53 )

General Service Medal ( 1962- ) 1 clasp: "Malay Peninsula"

Vietnam Medal ( 1965-68 )

Australian Service Medal ( 1945-75 ) 3 clasps:

"Korea" - "SE Asia" - "PNG"

Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal ( 1977 )

Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal ( 2002 )

Centenary Medal ( 2001 ) ( Australia )

Defence Force Service Medal ( Australia )

National Medal ( 1975 ) ( Australia )

Australia Defence Medal ( Australia )

Meritorious Service Medal ( MSM )

'Commonwealth of Australia' Issue

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal ( LSGC ) 'Australia' suspension:

Distinguished Service Cross ( DSC ) ( US cause )

Silver Star ( USA )

Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star ( Rep of Vietnam )

South Vietnam Campaign Medal ( Rep of Vietnam ) 1 clasp: '1960'

General Service Medal ( Oman )

As Sumood Medal ( Oman )

Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal ( Malaysia )

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