WELLINGTON, New Zealand —
An Australian war hero will be awarded the nation’s top military honor more than 77 years after he was killed while …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — An Australian war hero will be awarded the nation’s top military honor more than 77 years after he was killed while saving some of his shipmates. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has approved awarding the Victoria Cross to sailor Edward “Teddy” Sheean, Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley announced Wednesday.Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sheean, who was just 18 when he died, sacrificed his life for his shipmates during World War II. “After the order was given for the crew of the HMAS Armidale to abandon ship, Japanese aircraft strafed the Australian sailors who were overboard,” Morrison said in a statement.
