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[[Corporal]] [[Ben Roberts-Smith]] [[Medal for Gallantry|MG]] of the Special Air Service Regiment was awarded the second Victoria Cross for Australia on 23 January 2011.<ref name="SAS digger awarded VC">{{cite news |agency=Australian Associated Press|title=SAS digger awarded VC for taking on Taliban |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/sas-digger-awarded-vc-for-taking-on-taliban-20110123-1a0zd.html |access-date=23 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=23 January 2010 |publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]}}</ref> Corporal Roberts-Smith was awarded the medal for single-handedly charging and destroying two [[Taliban]] [[machine gun]] positions during the [[Shah Wali Kot Offensive]] in Afghanistan on 11 June 2010.<ref name="SAS digger awarded VC" /> This act has been described as similar to that of [[Edward Kenna]] VC.<ref name="Second SAS Afghan Victoria Cross">{{cite news |last=Dodd |first=Mark |title=Second SAS Afghan Victoria Cross for heroic charge |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/second-sas-afghan-victoria-cross-for-heroic-charge/story-fn59niix-1225991997101 |access-date=23 January 2011 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |date=21 January 2010 |publisher=[[News Limited]]}}</ref> Corporal Roberts-Smith had previously been awarded a [[Medal for Gallantry]] in 2006, and upon receiving the VC became the most highly decorated serving member of the Australian Defence Force.<ref name="SAS digger awarded VC" />
In 2020, it was reported that Roberts-Smith had offered his Victoria Cross as collateral for a loan from Australian businessman [[Kerry Stokes]] to help fund Roberts-Smith's then-ongoing defamation case.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McKinnell |first=Jamie |date=2023-06-01 |title=Ben Roberts-Smith tried to clear his name — it proved to be an expensive own goal |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-01/ben-roberts-smith-analysis-on-ex-soldier-personal-cost/102419864 |access-date=2023-06-01}}</ref> In 2023, Roberts-Smith was found to have committed war crimes in Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Michaela Whitbourn, Harriet |date=1 June 2023 |title=Ben Roberts-Smith case: Former SAS soldier committed war crimes |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-case-former-sas-soldier-committed-war-crimes-20230314-p5crv4.html |website=The Age}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dodd |first=Mark |date=21 January 2010 |title=Second SAS Afghan Victoria Cross for heroic charge |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/second-sas-afghan-victoria-cross-for-heroic-charge/story-fn59niix-1225991997101 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121170717/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/second-sas-afghan-victoria-cross-for-heroic-charge/story-fn59niix-1225991997101 |archive-date=21 January 2011}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Whitbourn |first=Michaela |date=1 June 2023 |title=Ben Roberts-Smith case LIVE updates: Major victory delivered to newspapers as former SAS soldier's defamation case dismissed; some war crime, bullying allegations proven |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-case-live-updates-commonwealth-application-seeks-to-delay-historic-defamation-judgment-involving-former-australian-sas-soldier-20230601-p5dd37.html |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last1=Parkes-Hupton |first1=Heath |last2=Stonehouse |first2=Greta |date=1 June 2023 |title=Live: Ben Roberts-Smith's major court loss, costs will 'follow inevitably' |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-01/live-coverage-ben-roberts-smith-defamation-judgement/102420092 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601045925/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-01/live-coverage-ben-roberts-smith-defamation-judgement/102420092 |archive-date=1 June 2023}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Knaus |first=Christopher |date=1 June 2023 |title=Ben Roberts-Smith verdict live: journalists recall 'toughest' fight of career after judge finds unlawful killings were proven – latest news |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/jun/01/ben-roberts-smith-verdict-live-news-defamation-case-trial-judgment-today-decorated-australian-soldier-latest-updates |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601051132/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/jun/01/ben-roberts-smith-verdict-live-news-defamation-case-trial-judgment-today-decorated-australian-soldier-latest-updates |archive-date=1 June 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
===Daniel Keighran===
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