Frank Partridge VC: country boy, war hero, quiz champion, husband, father

By Rachel Burns
Updated October 18 2019 - 2:50pm, first published 11:30am
Frank Partridge VC was the youngest and last Australian WWII soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in Bougainville, 1945. Photo: courtesy of the Frank Partridge VC Military Museum
Frank Partridge VC was the youngest and last Australian WWII soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry in Bougainville, 1945. Photo: courtesy of the Frank Partridge VC Military Museum

Many know the name Frank Partridge to mean 'war hero', but beyond that title there was also a shy country boy, an unassuming quiz champion, a husband, a father.

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