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VC1356 Benjamin Roberts-Smith
Name Benjamin Roberts-Smith No.
VC Issue No. 1356 Awards VC MG
Regiment Australian Special Air Service, Special Operations Task Group
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth Perth, Western Australia
Gazetted 24th January 2011
VC Presented 23rd January 2011 by Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of Australia at Campbell Barracks, Perth, Western Australia
BORN 1 November 1978
VC Won 11 June 2010 AGE 31
Place VC Won Tizak, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
War/Campaign Operation SLIPPER, Afghanistan
Memorials
By The Way…
Following a sixth tour of Afghanistan in 2012. He was recognised with a Commendation for Distinguished Service for exceptional leadership, courage, mentoring, and reconnaissance in the 'most difficult and dangerous of circumstances'.
He recorded "Lest We Forget" with Lee Kernaghan for the 2015 album Spirit of the Anzacs.
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia (On loan)
