Edgar Towner
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Edgar Thomas Towner, VC, MC was an Australian grazier, soldier, geographer, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded t
Lieutenant Edgar Towner in c. 1920
Lieutenant E. T. Towner c. 1918
Full-length portrait of Lieutenant Edgar Towner c. 1918
A group of Victoria Cross recipients gathered to march in the 1938 Sydney Anzac Day march. Towner is second from right.
The 2nd Machine Gun Battalion was an infantry support unit of the Australian Army that was raised for service during World War I as part of the all volunteer Australian Imperial Force. It was one of f
Edgar Towner
…1915. Posted to the transport section of the 25th Battalion, he served in Egypt until his unit was sent to the Western Front. He then transferred to the 2nd Machine Gun Battalion where he was commissioned as a lieutenant and twice mentioned in despatches for his leadership. In June 1918, Towner led a machine gun section in attack…
Machine gunners from the 5th, 6th or 7th Machine Gun Companies