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Roy Inwood
Reginald Roy Inwood VC (14 July 1890 – 23 October 1971) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 27 years old, and a Private in the 10th Battalion (S.A.), Australian Imperial Force during the First World War when he performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.〔Joyce Gibberd, ('Inwood, Reginald Roy (1890 - 1971)' ), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, p. 434.〕 ==Early life== Born 14 July 1890 at North Adelaide, the eldest son of Edward Henry Inwood and his wife Mary Anne (Minney). The family later moved to Broken Hill where, after leaving school, he began work in the local mines. Inwood enlisted in the 1st AIF, 10th Infantry Battalion on 24 August 1914 and on 20 October he embarked for Egypt where he took part in the Gallipoli Campaign landings. His battalion was in the first wave of the landing at Anzac Cove.
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