Robert MacTier - Honours & Awards

Honours & Awards

Victoria Cross (VC) (1918)
British War Medal
Victory Medal

Mactier has been commemorated in numerous ways.

In his home town of Tatura, there is a stained glass window in St Andrews Church dedicated to the memory of Mactier and his parents. The Robert Mactier VC Memorial Garden, commonly known as Mactier Park, is also named after him. In 1963 the Soldiers' club at Simpson Barracks, Watsonia, Victoria was named the "Mactier VC Club" in his honour. It also holds a bust of him by Wallace Anderson.

His name is recorded on panel 99 of the Roll of Honour in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

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