Leon Goldsworthy
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Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy, GC, DSC, GM (19 January 1909 – 7 August 1994), known as Leon Goldsworthy, was a distinguished Australian bomb and mine specialist in the Second World War and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest gallantry award for actions which are "not in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to people of British or Commonwealth nations. He was awarded the GC for defusing four German ground mines, three magnetic mines and one acoustic mine under harrowing circumstances over a period of ten months.
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Leon Goldsworthy
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Leon Goldsworthy
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Leon Goldsworthy
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Perth, Western Australia
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Broken Hill, New South Wales
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1941
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Australia
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A head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling man in naval uniform. He is wearing a cap that has a badge on the front depicting a crown that has an anchor hanging off it in the middle of splashing waves.
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Second World War
* Operation Overlord
* South West Pacific Theatre
* Philippines Campaign
* Borneo Campaign
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1909-01-19
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Lieutenant Commander L. V. Goldsworthy
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1994-08-07
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Leonard Verdi Goldsworthy, GC, DSC, GM (19 January 1909 – 7 August 1994), known as Leon Goldsworthy, was a distinguished Australian bomb and mine specialist in the Second World War and a recipient of the George Cross, the highest gallantry award for actions which are "not in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to people of British or Commonwealth nations. He was awarded the GC for defusing four German ground mines, three magnetic mines and one acoustic mine under harrowing circumstances over a period of ten months. By the end of the war, Goldsworthy had achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and was Australia's most highly decorated naval officer. He returned to his home in Perth, Western Australia and became involved in an electrical sign business.
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Vice-chairman of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association
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Australia
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1941
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