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Ben Roberts-Smith Widely known as Australia's “most decorated living soldier,” Ben Roberts-Smith was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder in 2026.

Ben Roberts-Smith

Australian business executive and soldier
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Ben Roberts-Smith, is an Australian media executive and former special forces soldier who is widely referred to as his country’s “most decorated living soldier.” Since 2018 Roberts-Smith has been at the center of an unfolding international scandal after several of Australia’s largest newspapers reported that he had brutally and unlawfully killed several Afghans during military deployments. In April 2026 he was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder. Roberts-Smith grew up in...

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