An Australian soldier has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross - the Commonwealth's highest military honour - for ...

A young Australian soldier who ran towards enemy fire during the Vietnam War, to reach his wounded ... The heroic actions of Private Richard Norden are being recognised with a Victorian Cross ...

Norden saved his wounded section commander’s life during an enemy ambush in Vietnam and retrieved the body of a killed scout who had been used by a North Vietnamese soldier as a shield.

Norden, who returned from the war to become an ACT police officer but died on duty in a motorcycle crash, is the 102nd Australian, and the fifth who served in Vietnam, to receive the nation’s ...

Private Richard Norden has been awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroic actions during a battle in the Vietnam War in which he saved a commander and recovered the body of another comrade.

The nation's highest military honour will be posthumously given to Private Richard Norden for his actions during the Battle ...

Private Richard Norden has been posthumously awarded a Victoria Cross for his bravery during the Vietnam War more than half a century ago. The Victoria Cross is Australia's highest military honour.