$1 2000 Australia's First Victoria Cross Al/Bronze UNC
Issued by the R.A.M in 2000 this uncirculated al/bronze $1 coin pays tribute to the gallantry of Australia's Victoria Cross recipients and this is inscribed Captain N.Howse VC.
Captain Neville Howse, a volunteer doctor in the New South Wales Medical Corps, was the first soldier in an Australian unit to be awarded the Victoria Cross, a medal created by Queen Victoria in 1856 and granted only for the most conspicuous acts of courage while facing the enemy. In Captain Howse's case, on July 24, 1900, during a clash between Australian and Boer forces in the South African Boer War, he rode through heavy enemy fire at the height of the battle to rescue a fallen trumpeter from the battle field. Before he reached the soldier, Howse's horse was shot from under him, yet he continued on foot, reached and tended the soldier's wounds and then carried the man back to safety.
Howse later served in World War I, landing with the Gallipoli forces. He had a distinguished service record, rising to the rank of Surgeon General. He was knighted in 1917. His award remains the only Victoria Cross to be received by a member of the Australian medical forces.
Sir Neville Howse joined the Medical Corps as Lieutenant in 1899 and arrived in South Africa in February, 1900. By July, 1900, when he performed the heroic actions which led to his Victoria Cross award, he was a Captain. In a distinguished life, Sir Neville Howse served in Gallipoli and France, rising to the rank of General.
He was knighted, became Surgeon General of the Australian Army, was elected Mayor of his home town of Orange in N.S.W. and later elected as a Federal Member of Parliament, rising to serve as Federal Minister for Defence, Health and Home and Territories. He also represented Australia at the League of Nations. His final title was Major-General The Honourable Sir Neville Reginald Howse, VC, KCB, KCMG, FRCS.Eng, MP.
49,877 individual Victoria Cross dollar coins were issued, each enclosed in a see-both-sides, fold-out cardboard pack, protected by a cardboard sleeve.
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