Alfred Shout (1882–1915) was a New Zealand–born soldier and posthumous Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for combat gallantry awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. It was bestowed for his actions at Lone Pine in August 1915, during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Born in Wellington, Shout had served in the Second Boer War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He immigrated to Sydney in 1907 and was active in the part-time Citizens Forces. In August 1914, he joined the Australian Imperial Force and was appointed a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion. He took part in the Anzac landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. For his leadership during the invasion, Shout was awarded the Military Cross and later mentioned in despatches. Shout's three gallantry awards at Gallipoli made him the most highly decorated member of the Australian force in the campaign.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1915:
First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign
1960:
The U.S. Navy submarine Triton completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sandblast
1983:
The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jakarta_Post
2015:
Nepal was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people, including 22 from avalanches on Mount Everest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Mount_Everest_avalanches
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
zambuk: (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A St. John Ambulance first-aider, especially at a sports event. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zambuk
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I don't believe that it can end. Now that I've seen what war is, what civil war is, I know that everybody, if one day it should end, ought to ask himself: "And what shall we make of the fallen? Why are they dead?" I wouldn't know what to say. Not now, at any rate. Nor does it seem to me that the others know. Perhaps only dead know, and only for them is the war really over. --Cesare Pavese https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cesare_Pavese
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