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Who is Ben Roberts-Smith?

Ben Roberts-Smith is an Australian media executive and former Special Air Service Regiment soldier who is known as his country’s “most decorated living soldier.” In April 2026 he was charged with five counts of the war crime of murder in connection with the unlawful killing of unarmed Afghans during the Afghanistan War.