New Zealand and Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross
Lawrence Weathers
VC
Private Lawrence Weathers c. 1916
Born
(1890-05-14)14 May 1890 Te Kōpuru, New Zealand
Died
29 September 1918(1918-09-29) (aged 28) Saint Quentin Canal, Péronne, France
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Australian Imperial Force
Years of service
1916–1918
Rank
Corporal
Unit
43rd Battalion
Battles/wars
World War I
Western Front
Battle of Messines (WIA)
German spring offensive (WIA)
Battle of Hamel
Hundred Days Offensive
Battle of Amiens
Second Battle of the Somme
Battle of Mont St. Quentin
Battle of St. Quentin Canal (DOW)
Awards
Victoria Cross
Lawrence Carthage Weathers, VC (14 May 1890 – 29 September 1918) was a New Zealand-born Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in battle that could be awarded to a member of the Australian armed forces at the time. His parents returned to their native South Australia when Weathers was seven, and he completed his schooling before obtaining work as an undertaker in Adelaide. He enlisted as a private in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in early 1916, and joined the 43rd Battalion. His unit deployed to the Western Front in France and Belgium in late December. After a bout of illness, Weathers returned to his battalion in time to take part in the Battle of Messines in June 1917, during which he was wounded. Evacuated to the United Kingdom, he rejoined his unit in early December.
Promoted to lance corporal in March 1918, Weathers fought with his battalion during the German spring offensive, but was gassed in May and did not return to his unit until the following month. He participated in the Battle of Hamel in July, the Battle of Amiens in August, and the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin in September. At Mont Saint-Quentin he was recommended for the award of the Victoria Cross. Promoted to temporary corporal, he was mortally wounded in the head by a shell on 29 September during the Battle of St Quentin Canal, and died soon after, unaware that he was to receive the Victoria Cross, which was not announced until late December. Until 2016, his Victoria Cross was in private hands, but in that year it was purchased at auction and donated to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, where it is displayed in the Hall of Valour.
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