This is what the award was for... Sheean is recorded as helping launch life rafts before returning to his anti-aircraft gun to fire at enemy aircraft that were strafing his shipmates as they floundered in the water, despite the order having been given to abandon ship. WWII hero Teddy Sheean to posthumously receive Victoria Cross, after almost 80-year struggle HMAS Sheean:
Woohoo! Queen approves Victoria Cross for WWII hero Teddy Sheean 'Stuff of legend': Queen approves Victoria Cross for WWII hero Teddy Sheean Sheean's VC was "the first for a member of the Royal Australian Navy,"