Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Private Robert Mactier
Unit
23rd Battalion
Born
17 May 1890 at Tatura, Victoria
Date of action
1 September 1918
Place
Mont St Quentin, near Peronne, France
Details
During an engagement with the enemy Mactier, who had been sent forward as a runner to investigate, ran to a barricade. He threw a bomb, climbed over the wire, closed with and killed the machine-gun garrison of eight men with revolver and bombs, and threw the enemy gun over the parapet. He rushed forward another twenty metres and jumped into the middle of another garrison of six men who surrendered immediately. He charged at third post, bombing and killing the garrison. He was attacking a fourth enemy position when a machine-gun swung round and killed him instantly.
Died
1 September 1918
Buried or Commemorated
Hem Farm Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, France
Current location of the VC
Australian War Memorial