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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.
Key points:
- Family members of the 15 Tasmanian recipients of the Victoria Cross will meet for the first time at a luncheon in Hobart
- Organiser, Kerri Statton, hopes the event will spark conversations on the servicemen’s deeds
- Tasmanians have been awarded VCs for their deeds in conflicts ranging from World War I to Afghanistan
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…
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