From Yahoo News/AFP:SYDNEY (AFP) – A soldier who saved the life of an Afghan translator during battle has been awarded the Victoria Cross -- the first Australian in 40 years to receive the medal.
Trooper Mark Donaldson, 29, received the VC, the highest military honour in the Commonwealth, at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at Government House in Canberra.
Only three other VCs have been awarded worldwide in the past 27 years, and Donaldson was the first person ever to receive the award in its national form, the Victoria Cross for Australia, which was introduced in 1991.
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