Guy Wylly Guy George Egerton Wylly VC , CB , DSO ( 17 February 1880 – 9 January 1962 ) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces , for actions during the Second Boer War . Early life . Wylly was born on 17 February 1880 in Hobart , Tasmania to Edward Arthur Egerton Wylly ; an officer in the Indian Army , and his wife Henrietta Mary , née Clerk . As an infant Wylly went to India with his parents , before settling at Sandy Bay , Hobart in 1885 , where he attended The Hutchins School before completing his education at the Collegiate School of St Peter , Adelaide . His father retired from the army in 1888 . Boer War . As a 20 - year - old , he became a lieutenant in the Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen , raised to fight in the Second Boer War . On 1 September 1900 near Warm Bad , Transvaal , South Africa , Lieutenant Wylly was part of a force under Herbert Plumer which engaged a small group of Boers at Rooikop . The Imperial forces captured 100 rifles , 40 , 000 rounds of ammunition , 7 Boers , 350 cattle , and 2 supply wagons . After the engagement , Wylly was reported to have been severely wounded , along with another Tasmanian officer , and 3 men from the Bushmen . On 18 September 1900 , the " London Gazette " carried an announcement that Wylly had been granted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment , on the nomination of the Governor of Tasmania , backdated to 19 May 1900 . On 16 November , this appointment was cancelled for some reason . On 23 November his VC was gazetted , with the following citation : On 5 December , came a new commission as a second lieutenant , now in the South Lancashire Regiment . Confusingly , " The Times " of 14 January 1901 listed in a report of killed and wounded " 2nd Berkshire Regiment . — Lieut . G . Wylly , dangerously wounded , doing well , Nooitgedacht , date not stated . " Whether this was a new wound , or he had not yet recovered from the wound he received in September , his condition was such that he was invalided to England , leaving Cape Town on 5 March 1901 , on the hospital ship " Avoca " , which arrived at Southampton on 26 March . The report of this also indicates that he was serving with 2nd Battalion , South Lancs . By the following Sunday , 31 March , when the United Kingdom Census 1901 was taken , he was staying with his uncle , Robert M Clark , a retired colonel , at Charlton House in Shepton Mallett . He was presented with his VC at Buckingham Palace by King Edward VII on 25 July 1901 . On 22 March 1902 he was promoted to lieutenant in the South Lancs . He transferred to the Indian Army on 1 October 1902 , and his promotion to lieutenant was backdated to 5 March 1902 . On 7 January 1906 Wylly was appointed the aide - de - camp to the Commander in Chief , India , who was then Herbert Kitchener , 1st Earl Kitchener . Wylly had been serving with the Corps of Guides . He was promoted captain on 26 April 1909 . In 1913 he passed the examination for entry to the Staff College , Quetta , but not high enough up the list to be admitted immediately . First World War and after . He was appointed a Staff Captain on 14 December 1914 , and advanced to brigade major on 14 September 1915 . He finally completed the staff course at Quetta in February 1916 , was promoted to temporary major on 26 April 1916 , and on 20 June 1916 he was appointed a General Staff Officer , Grade 2 . He was Mentioned in Despatches on 15 June 1916 . Following Lord Kitchener ' s death , Wylly , along with others who had also served as Kitchener ' s aides , received a bequest of £200 . He received a further Mention in Despatches on 15 May 1917 , and again on 11 December 1917 . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours . During the Third Anglo - Afghan War he again served as a General Staff Officer , Grade 2 from 6 May 1919 . He was promoted lieutenant - colonel on 26 April 1926 . From 15 November 1926 until his retirement in 1933 , Wylly was an aide - de - camp to King George V . On 9 November 1929 he was appointed an Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General ( AA & QMG ) in India , he had also by now been given brevet promotion to colonel . He received substantive promotion to colonel on 26 April 1930 , with seniority from 15 November 1926 . On 6 May 1931 he was Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the campaign against the Afridi and Red Shirt Rebellion as AA & QMG Peshawar District . He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1933 King ' s Birthday Honours . He received a further Mention on 8 September 1933 for his part in the Chitral Reliefs . He stepped down as AA & QMG of Peshawar on 9 November 1933 , retired from the army on 30 December . A final Mention was gazetted on 3 July 1934 , for his part in the Mohmand and Bajaur Operations between 28 July and 3 October 1933 . He attended an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 27 February 1934 to receive his insignia for the Order of the Bath . Following his retirement he worked for the Retired Army Officers Employment Bureau . Although he did not reach the age limit for service until 17 February 1940 , he was not recalled for service in the Second World War . He died on 9 January 1962 in Camberley , Surrey . His medal is on display at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery , Hobart .