VC hero’s daughter bringing families of Tasmanian bravery award recipients together

Feeling as though Tasmania’s 15 Victoria Cross recipients were being increasingly forgotten, Kerri Statton embarked on what she was told was an impossible task — getting all the families together in one place.

Her constant phone calls and messages will pay off on Tuesday when two descendants from each family sit down for lunch at the Tasmanian Club in Hobart.

“Ringing these descendants, finding them … to be told…