Victoria Crosses Awarded Since 2005
Alf died in July 2005, just months after Private Johnson Beharry's VC — the first to a living soldier since 1965. These are the awards made since, added by his family so the register stays complete.
Johnson Gideon Beharry VC
Private, 1st Battalion Prince of Wales Royal Regiment
1 May 2004, 11 June 2004 — Al-Amarah, Maysan Province, Iraq
Victoria Cross · gazetted 18 March 2005
Bryan Budd VC
Corporal, Parachute Regiment
27 July 2006, 20 August 2006 — Sangin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross (posthumous) · gazetted 15 December 2006
Bill Henry (Willie) Apiata VC
Lance Corporal, 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Group (NZSAS)
2004 — Rural Afghanistan (location not disclosed)
Victoria Cross for New Zealand · gazetted 2 July 2007
Mark Gregor Strang Donaldson VC
Trooper, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), Special Operations Task Group
2 September 2008 — Battle of Khaz Oruzgan, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross for Australia · gazetted 20 January 2009
Benjamin Roberts-Smith VC
Corporal, 2 Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SASR)
11 June 2010 — Tizak, Shah Wali Kot district, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross for Australia · gazetted 23 January 2011
Daniel Alan Keighran VC
Corporal, D Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR), Mentoring Task Force 1
24 August 2010 — Battle of Derapet, Tangi Valley, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross for Australia · gazetted 1 November 2012
James Ashworth VC
Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards
13 June 2012 — Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross (posthumous) · gazetted 22 March 2013
Cameron Stewart Baird VC
Corporal, 2nd Commando Regiment, Special Operations Task Group
22 June 2013 — Ghawchak village, Khod Valley, Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross for Australia (posthumous) · gazetted 13 February 2014
Joshua Leakey VC
Lance Corporal, Parachute Regiment
22 August 2013 — Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Victoria Cross · gazetted 26 February 2015
Edward (Teddy) Sheean VC
Ordinary Seaman, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, HMAS Armidale (Bathurst-class corvette)
1 December 1942 — Timor Sea, off Betano Bay, Timor
Victoria Cross for Australia (posthumous, retrospective) · gazetted 12 August 2020
Richard Leslie Norden VC
Private, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR)
14 May 1968 — Near Fire Support Base Coral, Battle of Coral-Balmoral, Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam
Victoria Cross for Australia (posthumous, retrospective) · gazetted 11 November 2024
Notes
- No British Victoria Cross has been gazetted since Joshua Leakey's in February 2015, and no Victoria Cross for New Zealand since Willie Apiata's in 2007. The Victoria Cross for Canada has never been awarded.
- Two retrospective Victoria Crosses for Australia have been approved for Second World War and Vietnam actions: Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean (2020) and Private Richard Norden (2024).
- Medal custodians: Budd's and Leakey's VCs are at Airborne Assault, IWM Duxford; Ashworth's joined the Lord Ashcroft collection in 2018; Donaldson's, Roberts-Smith's and Baird's are in the Hall of Valour at the Australian War Memorial.