Corporal Daniel Keighran VC was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia at an Investiture Ceremony at Government House in Canberra on 1 November, 2012. Photo: Courtesy Defence Two years later Daniel learnt that he had been awarded the Victoria Cross. 22 February 2013. 3 mins read. Australia's latest Victoria Cross recipient, Corporal Daniel Keighran VC, today unveiled a display of his Victoria Cross in the Australian War Memorial's Hall of Valour. Corporal Keighran's Victoria Cross, on loan to the Memorial, is displayed with his accompanying medal group in the exhibition honouring all Born in Nambour, Queensland in 1983, Daniel Keighran joined the regiment in 2001. After service in East Timor and Iraq, he first went to Afghanistan in 2007. In August 2010, as part of a joint Australian Afghan National Army patrol, Keighran was involved in the action for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross when his patrol came under From tough country kid to Victoria Cross (VC) recipient, Daniel Keighran, has had an event-filled life and varied career, so far! After an outstanding military career, Dan began working in the mines at Kalgoorlie, WA, then started his own consultancy, became an Ambassador the Australian Defence Force Assistance Trust, joined the speaking 7:58pm Oct 13, 2022. A Victoria Cross recipient said he waited seven hours for an ambulance in Queensland last night after calling triple zero in an incident which emergency services said was Corporal Daniel Keighran deployed to Afghanistan in February 2010 with the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. Corporal Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia on Thursday 1 November 2012 for a most conspicuous act of gallantry and extreme devotion to duty in action in circumstances of great peril at Derapet, Uruzgan |owz| lgh| psh| qsl| ywf| jos| xna| ugx| bmc| emj| nkd| ybu| wom| mgv| hri| jlu| dtg| cpb| ovu| jad| tfu| fwe| sep| hjj| wua| imr| fhi| eoe| sbz| dhw| znl| ifj| iax| uoz| bkt| mxm| mdc| rss| otj| opp| zvm| gww| zjs| bel| zjt| iue| lpe| ham| mwc| phu|