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About George Howell
George Julian "Snowy" Howell, VC, MM was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Howell was decorated with the Victoria Cross following his actions during the Second Battle of Bullecourt, in which he ran along the parapet of a trench bombing the German forces attacking his position through the use of grenades, and thus driving them back.
Everything about George Howell →- Occupation
- bricklayer
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Born
- November 19, 1893
- Died
- December 23, 1964