Australian Victoria Cross Recipient
Temporary Corporal Lawrence Carthage Weathers
Unit
43rd Battalion
Born
14 May 1890 at Te Koparu, New Zealand. At the age of seven he moved to Australia with his parents and settled in Adelaide.
Date of action
2 September 1918
Place
Peronne, France
Details
During an attack the Germans checked the Australian advance with a great volume of fire. Weathers then rushed in and bombed the Germans, killing the garrison’s leader. He came back for more bombs and went out with three comrades, including a Lewis gunner. As the Lewis gun covered him he ran to the enemy parapet and bombed the trench, and with the support of his three comrades and the commander of the attached 41st platoon, captured 180 prisoners and three machine guns.
Died
He was mortally wounded by a shell burst in the subsequent attack on 29 September.
Buried or Commemorated
Unicorn Cemetery, Vendhuille, France
Current location of the VC
Privately held