"These deliberate acts of exceptional courage to repeatedly expose himself to accurate and intense enemy fire, thereby placing himself in grave danger, ultimately enabled the identification and suppression of enemy firing positions." "Corporal Keighran remained exposed and under heavy fire in order to direct suppressing fire and then assist in the clearing of the landing zone to enable the evacuation of the casualty. Sorry, this video has expired Video: Watch the presentation of the VC medal (Photo: AAP)
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"During one of these occasions when his patrol sustained a casualty, again on his own initiative and in an act of exceptional courage, he moved from his position of cover to deliberately draw fire away from the team who were treating the casualty. "Corporal Keighran, with complete disregard for his own safety, broke cover on multiple occasions to draw intense and accurate enemy fire to identify enemy locations and direct return fire from Australian and Afghan fire support elements. " was engaged by a prolonged numerically superior and coordinated enemy attack by multiple firing points," it said. The citation read out at today's ceremony said Corporal Keighran showed great bravery when a joint Australian-Afghan patrol came under attack in the village of Derapet, Uruzgan Province, on August 24, 2010. Read profiles of the Australian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The separate Australian VC was gazetted in 1991, however the design remains identical to the original British medal.Australians have been awarded the Victoria Cross dating back to the Boer War.Instituted in 1856 by Queen Victoria and made retrospective to 1854 to cover the Crimean War.
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The highest award for acts of bravery in wartime.