time, the VC, instituted in 1856, was the highest gallantry award that could be bestowed on a soldier of the British Empire. The citation for Storkey's VC, published in the London Gazette, read: Later wounded for a third time, Storkey was promoted to captain the following month and given command of his own company. On 25 July 1918, King George V presented him with his VC at Buckingham Palace. As part of a special furlough, he returned to Australia in November 1918 and was discharged from the AIF early the following year. He was allocated to the Reserve of Officers in July 1920. Later life Returning to civilian life, Storkey resumed his legal studies. In May 1919 he was made an associate to Judge Langer Owen of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and then worked for Justice Charles Wade. He qualified as a lawyer in 1921 and briefly worked in private practice before becoming a crown prosecutor for the New South Wales Department of Justice; his jurisdiction covering the south-western area of the state. He fulfilled this role for several years until his appointment as a district court judge in May 1939, the first VC recipient to become a member of the bench. He presided over trials in the northern district of New South Wales. Prior to his appointment to the judiciary, he briefly worked for the legal department of the Australian Army. He was also involved in the Returned Soldier's League and became the president of the sub-branch in Vaucluse, the suburb of Sydney where he lived. In 1955 Storkey retired and moved to England where he lived in Teddington, Middlesex, with Minnie , his English-born wife, whom he had married in 1922 in Sydney. The next year, he attended the VC centenary celebrations in London. He died at home on 3 October 1969, survived by his wife. The couple had no children. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at South West Middlesex Crematorium. The machine gun captured during the action at Hangard Wood that saw him awarded the VC is displayed at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, where a street is also named for him. Medal Storkey left his VC, along with his Victory Medal, British War Medal, and medals from the 1937 and 1953 coronations, to his old school, Napier Boys' High School. In 1983 there was a controversy when the school Parents'