Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Private Reginald Roy Inwood
Unit
10th Battalion
Born
14 July 1890 at North Adelaide, South Australia
Date of action
20-21 September 1917
Place
Polygon Wood, near Ieper, Belgium
Details
During an action Inwood went out alone to an enemy strong point and captured it after taking nine prisoners and killing several of the enemy, allowing the advance to continue until the third objective was gained. The battalion then consolidated its posts and wired its front before beating off enemy counter-attacks. It was expected that the enemy would group for a counter-attack that evening so Inwood volunteered to go out in the dark, 600 metres in front of his line, to report on enemy movements. The attack did not eventuate. Next morning Inwood and a member of the 7th Battalion located a machine gun which was causing casualties. They crept up behind it and bombed it so effectively that only one gunner survived; he was taken prisoner and forced to carry his gun back to the Australian lines.
Died
23 October 1971
Buried or Commemorated
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide
Current location of the VC
City of Adelaide Museum