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Manly's famous son in book on heroes
John Morcombe
2 April 2008
ONE of Manly's favourite and most famous sons, Sir Roden Cutler, is featured in a recent book on how some of this nation's greatest heroes won their medals.
For Sir Roden the medal was the Victoria Cross, which he was awarded for bravery in Syria in 1941 while fighting Vichy French forces.
Now the exploits of Sir Roden and numerous other recipients of the Victoria Cross, George Cross or Military Cross from the Boer War to the Vietnam War has been recounted in Bravest: How Some of Australia's Greatest War Heroes Won Their Medals by Robert Macklin.
Born in 1916, Sir Roden lived in Addison Rd, Manly, and attended Manly Public School, Sydney High School and Sydney University.
In 1940 Sir Roden joined the AIF and was posted to the 2/5 Field Regiment, which trained in Egypt and Palestine before going into action in Syria.
He was awarded the VC for courage in capturing an enemy position in June 1941, but was later wounded and his right leg was amputated.
After leaving the army, Sir Roden was high commissioner to New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, was the Australian minister to Egypt, the consul-general in New York and the ambassador to the Netherlands.
From 1966-1981 he served as governor of NSW.
Sir Roden died in 2002 and was accorded a state funeral.
In 2006 a statue of him was erected on the corner of Wentworth St and Darley Rd, Manly, outside his old school Manly Public School.
Bravest: How Some of Australia's Greatest War Heroes Won Their Medals by Robert Macklin is published by Allen & Unwin. RRP $29.95.
John Morcombe
2 April 2008
ONE of Manly's favourite and most famous sons, Sir Roden Cutler, is featured in a recent book on how some of this nation's greatest heroes won their medals.
For Sir Roden the medal was the Victoria Cross, which he was awarded for bravery in Syria in 1941 while fighting Vichy French forces.
Now the exploits of Sir Roden and numerous other recipients of the Victoria Cross, George Cross or Military Cross from the Boer War to the Vietnam War has been recounted in Bravest: How Some of Australia's Greatest War Heroes Won Their Medals by Robert Macklin.
Born in 1916, Sir Roden lived in Addison Rd, Manly, and attended Manly Public School, Sydney High School and Sydney University.
In 1940 Sir Roden joined the AIF and was posted to the 2/5 Field Regiment, which trained in Egypt and Palestine before going into action in Syria.
He was awarded the VC for courage in capturing an enemy position in June 1941, but was later wounded and his right leg was amputated.
After leaving the army, Sir Roden was high commissioner to New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, was the Australian minister to Egypt, the consul-general in New York and the ambassador to the Netherlands.
From 1966-1981 he served as governor of NSW.
Sir Roden died in 2002 and was accorded a state funeral.
In 2006 a statue of him was erected on the corner of Wentworth St and Darley Rd, Manly, outside his old school Manly Public School.
Bravest: How Some of Australia's Greatest War Heroes Won Their Medals by Robert Macklin is published by Allen & Unwin. RRP $29.95.
