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Exploring the Legacy of George Cross

Test your knowledge about George Cross, his roles in film and television, and the historical significance of the award named after him.

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1 What role did George Cross play in the videomovie Street Song?

2 What role did George Cross play in the movie The Squatter's Daughter?

3 What role did George Cross play in the TV series For Those in Peril?

4 When was George Cross established?

5 Some historians argue that the award was in fact a propaganda gesture to justify the huge losses sustained by Britain to prevent Malta from capitulating as Singapore had done in the ________.

6 What type of thing is George Cross?

7 What is George Cross's current status?

8 The ________ established the Cross of Valour in 1975 to be awarded by the Australian Crown 'only for acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril'.

9 What role did George Cross play in the movie Doctor Who?

10 The GC was awarded to the island of Malta in a letter dated 15 April 1942 from King George VI to the island's Governor Lieutenant-General Sir ________:

💡 Interesting Facts

  • 22 Australians have been decorated with the George Cross, the highest civil decoration for heroism in the British Empire.
  • the only peacetime George Cross won by a woman was awarded to Barbara Jane Harrison as a result of her actions during the fire on board BOAC Flight 712 in 1968.
  • when Hugh Randall Syme won the George Cross in 1943 for bomb disposal work, he became the most decorated member of the Royal Australian Navy at that time, having already been awarded two George Medals.
  • Kenneth Farrow GC attempted to rescue a boy from an underground aqueduct despite strong current, heavy deposits on the floor and almost no headroom or handholds.
  • Daphne Pearson was the first woman awarded the George Cross for acts of bravery during World War II.
  • Corporal Mark Wright will be posthumously awarded the George Cross for entering an unmarked minefield in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, attempting to save other injured soldiers.
  • RAOC officer George Styles was awarded the George Cross in 1972 for defusing booby-trapped bombs planted by terrorists in Northern Ireland, including two bombs left at the Europa Hotel in Belfast within a matter of days.
  • Royal Marine Matthew Croucher was awarded the George Cross for diving on a live hand grenade.
  • Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls is the only member of the Coldstream Guards to have won the George Cross, the highest civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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