Hello Cousins, At least three Victorians of Cornish descent were awarded a VC during WW1, one of whom was Albert JACKA, whose grandparents, Josiah JACKA and Elizabeth Jane Tremewan BOTTRELL, had emigrated from St. Buryan after their marriage in the St. Buryan Parish Church on 16th. February 1854. Josiah JACKA was baptised in St, Buryan on 12th. September 1832, son of William JACKA and Grace HOLLOW. Elizabeth Jane Trenewan BOTTRELL was baptised on 26th. June 1836 in Madron, daughter of Nicholas Tremewan BOTTRELL and Mary Ann VINGO. Josiah JACKA was 21 years old and his wife only 17 when, 9 days after their marriage, they set sail on the "Fortune" - leaving Plymouth on 25th. February 1854 and arriving in Adelaide, South Australia, on 7th. June 1854. Also onboard were Elizabeth's parents and three of her siblings, Peggy, Eliza and William. At least three of Josiah JACKA's siblings also immigrated to Australia, William, John and Nathaniel. By 1858 Josiah and Elizabeth were farming near Geelong, in Victoria, and their third child, Nathaniel, was born there in 1861. Nathaniel JACKA married Elizabeth KETTLE (from England) in Victoria in 1885 - thus beginning our story of their son, Albert JACKA VC, MC and Bar, who was the first Australian soldier to be awarded a VC in WW1 - and who has been described as "Australia's greatest fighting soldier" and "the embodiment of the ANZAC Legend". http://www.awm.gov.au/people/226.as5 Two of Albert's brothers also served in WW1. Kindest Regards ..... Corinne in Melbourne, Australia. OPC for St. Buryan.