b'104701701 was held up by an enemy strong post heavily manned with THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR VALOUR : Souvenir Dinnertwelve machine guns. Under the heaviest sniping and machine Menu, 1919, with multiple SIGNATURES gun fire, Sergeant Lowerson rallied seven men as a storming DINNER Offered by Mr. Hugh D. McIntosh to Heros ofparty, and directing them to attack the flanks of the post, the A.I.F. on whom His Majesty the King conferred therushed the strong point, and, by effective bombing, captured VICTORIA CROSS FOR VALOUR : HOTEL AUSTRALIA : onit, together with twelve machine guns and thirty prisoners. the night of ARMISTICE DAY, NOVEMBER 11th, 1919. Though severely wounded in the right thigh, he refused to leave the front line until the prisoners had been disposed of, Following the title pages, the menu and a page devoted to aand the organization and consolidation of the post had been poem, To these Brave by Frank Morton, the following 26thoroughly completed. His V.C. is displayed at the Australian pages bear the original signatures of the following 19 VictoriaWar Memorial, Canberra.Cross recipients (in the order they appear) as well as severalEdmund Albert Charles COWELL (13th Light Horse Regiment) other notable guests. (Listed below in age order). born at Ballan, Victoria, Cowells regiment was deployed $20,00030,000 defending the trenches at Lone Pine, a strongly contested PROVENANCE stretch of the front line around Anzac Cove. They later served The Estate of Sir Ernest Henry Wreford (1866-1938),on the Western Front.thence by family descent. 2: Reginald Roy INWOOD (1890 - 1971) born at North Wreford, a guest of McIntosh, has signed the title page. TheAdelaide, South Australia. Inwood was amongst the Compliments page is signed by six other dignitaries, includingfirst landers at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. In April 1917, Henry Teasdale Smith (an M.P. and associate of McIntosh,Inwood was with his battalion when it fought in the Battle of whose son, Malcolm, had died at Gallipoli), Charles KinnairdLagnicourt, then the Second Battle of Bullecourt the following MacKellar, Edmund Cowell (13th Light Horse), and others. month. During the Battle of Menin Road in September, he was involved in the elimination of a German machine-gun post and other actions, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. 1: Albert LOWERSON (1896 - 1945) born at Myrteford,He reached the rank of sergeant before being sent back to Victoria. Sergeant 21st Battalion. Awarded the V.C. for mostAustralia in August 1918.conspicuous bravery and tactical skill on the 1st September,His V.C. and other medals are displayed at the Adelaide Town 1918, during the attack on Mont Saint-Quentin. RegardlessHall.of heavy enemy machine gun fire, Sergeant Lowerson moved3: Arthur Charles HALL (1896 - 1978) born at Granville, about fearlessly directing his men, encouraging them to stillSydney. Corporal Hall participated in his battalions attack greater effort, and finally led them on to the objective. Onon Pronne, on 2nd September 1918. He rushed a machine-reaching the objective he saw that the left attacking party'