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Sunday, 23 January 2011

Australia soldier gets Victoria Cross for Afghan battle

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BBC News - Australia soldier gets Victoria Cross for Afghan battle: "An Australian soldier has been awarded the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, for bravery while serving in Afghanistan.

Cpl Benjamin Roberts-Smith, 32, was given the medal for single-handedly overpowering Taleban machine-gunners attacking his platoon last June.

'You went to Afghanistan a soldier, you came back a hero,' Australian PM Julia Gillard said at the awards ceremony.

Cpl Roberts-Smith said the real heroes where those who died for the country.

Australia has a 1,550-strong contingent in Afghanistan."

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