James Stevens (Sturt, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Conscious of time, I would like to take the opportunity on Remembrance Day to pay tribute to Victoria Cross winner Arthur Seaforth Blackburn, who in fact is a former member for Sturt, though not in this chamber; he served in the South Australian House of Assembly as the member for Sturt. His son-in-law, the Hon. Jim Forbes, served in this chamber as the member for Barker. Arthur Seaforth Blackburn was awarded the Victoria Cross for his service on the Western Front in Pozieres, France. He received his award from King George V himself at Buckingham Palace later that year. He also served in the Second World War, and he was a prisoner of war there. He was a great Australian hero, one of the many whom we remember on this Remembrance Day. Lest we forget.

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