Former governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove says he was “blown away” by the bravery of Private Richard Norden.
The Albanese government is under pressure to award a posthumous Victoria Cross to a rifleman from the Vietnam War to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the conflict.
The then governor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler, congratulates three men after decorating them for bravery. From left: aircraftman Kevin Wickerson, Private Richard Norden and Petty Officer William Young.Former governor-general Peter Cosgrove, who also served in Vietnam, counts himself among those admirers, saying he was “blown away” when he first read the citation detailing Norden’s bravery more than 50 years ago. “I thought, when I read that, this bloke should have got a VC.
Members of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, patrol outside the perimeter of fire support base Coral in South Vietnam’s Bien Hoa Province, following several attacks on the base in May and June 1968.“This affects me and all the sappers and all the signalmen that weren’t necessarily part of that infantry battalion, but we were there, and we know what happened,” said Hulse, who has been driving the campaign.
Norden asked for cover and ran forward to the wounded section commander. He killed one North Vietnamese soldier and, having expended his ammunition, recovered the enemy’s automatic weapon which he used against further enemy forces while assisting the wounded section commander back to the platoon. The life of the section commander was saved.
Hulse says an announcement about the Victoria Cross decision should now be made on Vietnam Veterans’ Day this Friday.“It’s been in the minister’s in-tray for about nine months not going anywhere,” he said. “I got the message that it would be a very brave minister who does not take the recommendation of the appeals tribunal.”
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