Charles Upham Military person

Captain Charles Hazlitt Upham, VC & Bar (21 September 1908 – 22 November 1994) was a New Zealand soldier who earned the Victoria Cross (VC) twice during the Second World War: in Crete in May 1941, and at Ruweisat Ridge, Egypt, in July 1942. He was the last of only three people to receive the VC twice, the only one to receive two VCs during the Second World War and the only combat soldier to receive the award twice. As a result, Upham is often described as the most highly decorated Commonwealth soldier of that war, as the VC is the Commonwealth's highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.

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Birth date	September 21, 1908
Birth place	Christchurch , New Zealand
Date of death	November 22, 1994
Place of death	Christchurch , New Zealand

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award	Mentioned in dispatches Order of Honour (Greece) Victoria Cross
military operations	North African Campaign World War II Battle of Crete Battle of Greece
military branch	New Zealand Army
military unit	20th Battalion (New Zealand)
service start	1939
service end	1945