Medal of youngest Australian to receive Victoria Cross goes on display

By Sarah Lansdown
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:59pm, first published June 24 2016 - 9:08pm

Private William "Bill" Jackson was only 17 when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915.

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