Portal:Military of Australia/Selected biography/6
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Alfred John Shout VC MC born in Trentham New Zealand, (7 August 1881 – 11 August 1915). Shout emigrated to Australia in 1907 and joined the 29th Infantry Regiment and commissioned as second lieutenant on 16 June 1914. Shout was the most highly decorated Australian during the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915, being awarded the Military Cross during the landing at Anzac Cove in April and winning the Victoria Cross posthumously during the Battle of Lone Pine in August. He was also Mentioned in Despatches twice.
