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Old 21st May 2020, 15:53
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Asturias56
 
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as ORAC says there are only 9 living VC holders - 4 of them are Aussies, 1 is a New Zealander & 1 Gurkha. 3 of the Aussies and the New Zealander hold their own countries VC

Wikipedia lists :-

John Alexander Cruickshank (b. 20 May 1920) 1944 No. 210 Squadron RAF Atlantic
Rambahadur Limbu (b. 8 July 1939) 1966 2nd Bn, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles Sarawak, Malaysia
Keith Payne (b. 30 August 1933) 1969 Australian Army Training Team Vietnam Ben Het, Vietnam
Johnson Beharry (b. 26 July 1979) 2005 1st Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) Al-Amarah, Iraq
Willie Apiata (b. 28 June 1972) (Victoria Cross for New Zealand) 2007 New Zealand Special Air Service Afghanistan
Mark Donaldson (b. 2 April 1979) (Victoria Cross for Australia) 2009 Australian Special Air Service Regiment Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Ben Roberts-Smith (b. 1 November 1978) (Victoria Cross for Australia) 2011 Australian Special Air Service Regiment Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Daniel Keighran (b. 18 June 1983) (Victoria Cross for Australia) 2012 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan
Joshua Leakey (b. 1988) 2015 Parachute Regiment Helmand Province, Afghanistan
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