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Alfred Shout (1882–1915) was a New Zealand–born soldier and posthumous Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for combat gallantry awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. It was bestowed for his actions at Lone Pine in August 1915, during the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War. Born in Wellington, Shout had served in the Second Boer War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He immigrated to Sydney in 1907 and was active in the part-time Citizens Forces. In August 1914, he joined the Australian Imperial Force and was appointed a lieutenant in the 1st Battalion. He took part in the Anzac landings at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. For his leadership during the invasion, Shout was awarded the Military Cross and later mentioned in despatches. Shout's three gallantry awards at Gallipoli made him the most highly decorated member of the Australian force in the campaign. (Full article...)
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On this day
April 25: Liberation Day in Italy (1945); Yom HaZikaron in Israel (2023)
- 1643 – First English Civil War: Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeated a Royalist army near Okehampton, Devon.
- 1915 – First World War: The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire.
- 1960 – The U.S. Navy submarine Triton (pictured) completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.
- 1983 – The first issue of The Jakarta Post was published in Indonesia.
- 2015 – Nepal was struck by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, killing more than 8,000 people, including 22 from avalanches on Mount Everest.
- Naresuan (d. 1605)
- Georg Sverdrup (b. 1770)
- Emmeline B. Wells (d. 1921)
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Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana (1863–1929) was a member of the Rana dynasty who served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 1901 until his death. He came to power after successfully deposing his liberal and reformist brother Dev Shumsher. Although generally perceived as despotic and conservative, he is credited with reforms including the abolition of slavery and the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which recognised Nepal as an independent nation and an ally of Britain. This photograph of Chandra Shumsher, wearing the robes of the Order of the Star of India, was taken in 1908 during a visit to Europe. Photograph credit: Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya; restored by Captain Medusa
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