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===Victoria Cross for Australia===
===Victoria Cross for Australia===
[[File:Daniel Keighran medals at the AWM December 2013.jpg|thumb|Keighran's medals on display at the Australian War Memorial]]
[[File:Daniel Keighran medals at the AWM December 2013.jpg|thumb|Some of Keighran's medals on display at the Australian War Memorial]]
Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving with the [[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]], in a fire fight with insurgents during the [[Battle of Derapet]] on 24 August 2010, an action of [[Operation Slipper]].<ref name=Award>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Cameron |title=Corporal Daniel Keighran wins Victoria Cross for Afghanistan courage |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/g-g-to-award-new-victoria-cross/story-e6frg6n6-1226508058450 |accessdate=1 November 2012 |newspaper=The Australian |date=1 November 2012 |author2=Packham, Ben}}</ref>
Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving with the [[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]], in a fire fight with insurgents during the [[Battle of Derapet]] on 24 August 2010, an action of [[Operation Slipper]].<ref name=Award>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Cameron |title=Corporal Daniel Keighran wins Victoria Cross for Afghanistan courage |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/g-g-to-award-new-victoria-cross/story-e6frg6n6-1226508058450 |accessdate=1 November 2012 |newspaper=The Australian |date=1 November 2012 |author2=Packham, Ben}}</ref>


During the battle, Keighran "with complete disregard for his own safety" repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to draw fire away from a team treating a battle casualty (Keighran's friend Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney). Keighran's actions were key in allowing the Coalition forces to withdraw without further casualties.<ref name=Award />
During the battle, Keighran "with complete disregard for his own safety" repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to draw fire away from a team treating a battle casualty (Keighran's friend Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney). Keighran's actions were key in allowing the Coalition forces to withdraw without further casualties.<ref name=Award />

He represented recipients at the [[Coronation of Charles III and Camilla|2023 Coronation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coronation order of service in full |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65503950 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>


==Post-military career==
==Post-military career==
Keighran now serves in the [[Australian Army Reserve]] posted to Army Headquarters.<ref name=DoD>{{cite web |title=Corporal Daniel Alan Keighran, VC |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/special_events/keighran/ |publisher=Department of Defence |accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref> His civilian career was in the mining industry in [[Kalgoorlie]], Western Australia, where he worked in the [[Frog's Leg Gold Mine]] until early 2015.<ref name=Miner>{{cite news |last=Paddenbeg |first=Trevor |title=Kalgoorlie miner and VC recipient Daniel Keighran is 'a humble bloke,' workmates say |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/kalgoorlie-miner-daniel-keighran-receives-nations-highest-military-honour/story-e6frg6n6-1226509872088 |accessdate=5 November 2012 |newspaper=The Australian |date=3 November 2012}}</ref>
As of 2012, Keighran served in the [[Australian Army Reserve]] posted to Army Headquarters.<ref name=DoD>{{cite web |title=Corporal Daniel Alan Keighran, VC |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/special_events/keighran/ |publisher=Department of Defence |accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref> His civilian career was in the mining industry in [[Kalgoorlie]], Western Australia, where he worked in the [[Frog's Leg Gold Mine]] until early 2015.<ref name=Miner>{{cite news |last=Paddenbeg |first=Trevor |title=Kalgoorlie miner and VC recipient Daniel Keighran is 'a humble bloke,' workmates say |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/kalgoorlie-miner-daniel-keighran-receives-nations-highest-military-honour/story-e6frg6n6-1226509872088 |accessdate=5 November 2012 |newspaper=The Australian |date=3 November 2012}}</ref>

After receiving the Victorian Cross for Australia Keighran completed a MBA. As of 2024, he and his family were living in Brisbane and Keighran was employed in a senior role in a multinational defence company.<ref name="SMH VC recipient to sell medals" />


==Honours and awards==
==Honours and awards==
Keighran's Victoria Cross for Australia and accompanying medal group are on loan to the [[Australian War Memorial]] for display in the Hall of Valour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Keighran VC presents Victoria Cross to Memorial |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2012/dec/1204.htm |date=4 December 2012 |work=Defence News |publisher=Australian Department of Defence}}</ref> Keighran from 2001 until 2011 wore the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] awarded by the United States.{{lower|0.2em|{{#tag:ref|The [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] (PUC) awarded by the United States can be seen worn by Daniel Keighran in photos from his Victoria Cross for Australia award ceremony. The PUC was awarded the D Company, [[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]], during the [[Vietnam War]]. As a result members of D Company can wear the decoration on their uniform whilst a member of that unit. Only members of D Company during the time of the award are permitted to continue wearing the PUC after leaving the unit. Now that Daniel Keighran is a member of [[Army Headquarters (Australia)|Army Headquarters]] he has ceased to wear the decoration.|name="anthem explanation"|group="N"}}<!--end lower:-->}}
Keighran's Victoria Cross for Australia and accompanying medal group are on loan to the [[Australian War Memorial]] for display in the Hall of Valour.<ref>{{cite news |title=Keighran VC presents Victoria Cross to Memorial |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/defencenews/stories/2012/dec/1204.htm |date=4 December 2012 |work=Defence News |publisher=Australian Department of Defence}}</ref> Keighran from 2001 until 2011 wore the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] awarded by the United States.{{lower|0.2em|{{#tag:ref|The [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] (PUC) awarded by the United States can be seen worn by Daniel Keighran in photos from his Victoria Cross for Australia award ceremony. The PUC was awarded the D Company, [[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]], during the [[Vietnam War]]. As a result members of D Company can wear the decoration on their uniform whilst a member of that unit. Only members of D Company during the time of the award are permitted to continue wearing the PUC after leaving the unit. Now that Daniel Keighran is a member of [[Army Headquarters (Australia)|Army Headquarters]] he has ceased to wear the decoration.|name="anthem explanation"|group="N"}}<!--end lower:-->}}
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In 2024 Keighran decided to sell his medals, including the Victoria Cross for Australia, to pay for a new house and help cover his family's living expenses.<ref name="SMH VC recipient to sell medals">{{cite news |last1=Barlass |first1=Tim |title=Victoria Cross recipient to sell medals to cover family expenses |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria-cross-recipient-to-sell-medals-to-cover-family-expenses-20241003-p5kfo2.html |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 02:18, 7 October 2024

Daniel Keighran
Keighran being saluted by General David Hurley after receiving the Victoria Cross for Australia in 2012.
Born (1983-06-18) 18 June 1983 (age 41)
Nambour, Queensland
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Army (2000–2011)
Australian Army Reserve (2011–present)
Years of service2000–present
RankCorporal
Unit6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2001–2011)
11th/28th Battalion, Royal Western Australia Regiment (2011–2014)
Army Headquarters (2018–present)
Battles / wars
AwardsVictoria Cross for Australia

Daniel Alan Keighran, VC (born 18 June 1983) is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia for his actions in the Battle of Derapet on 24 August 2010, during the War in Afghanistan. He was presented with the medal by the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, at a ceremony in Canberra on 1 November 2012. Keighran is the third soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia,[N 1] and the first member of the Royal Australian Regiment so awarded.[1][2]

Early life

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Keighran (pronounced: KEAR-ran) was born in Nambour, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland region of Queensland, on 18 June 1983.[3] When Keighran was in Year 5, he moved with his family to Lowmead, approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) north west of the Queensland regional city of Bundaberg.[4] His family lived on a "forty-acre block" where his parents bred paint horses. His mother also taught dressage, and his father occasionally organised rodeo events.[4] Keighran attended school in nearby Rosedale and graduated from high school in 2000. That year Keighran was a torchbearer for the 2000 Summer Olympics torch parade and received a Pierre de Coubertin Award in recognition of his "Olympic spirit".[4]

Military career

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Keighran joined the Australian Army in 2000. Prior to Afghanistan, he had served in East Timor and Iraq.[5] He was promoted to lance corporal in 2005 while within Mortar Platoon of the Support Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR). In 2006 he deployed to Iraq as a Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle driver, and in 2007 to Afghanistan with the Special Operations Task Group in the same role. He was promoted to corporal in 2009, and was posted to D Company, 6 RAR.[6]

Victoria Cross for Australia

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Some of Keighran's medals on display at the Australian War Memorial

Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions while serving with the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in a fire fight with insurgents during the Battle of Derapet on 24 August 2010, an action of Operation Slipper.[7]

During the battle, Keighran "with complete disregard for his own safety" repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to draw fire away from a team treating a battle casualty (Keighran's friend Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney). Keighran's actions were key in allowing the Coalition forces to withdraw without further casualties.[7]

He represented recipients at the 2023 Coronation.[8]

Post-military career

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As of 2012, Keighran served in the Australian Army Reserve posted to Army Headquarters.[3] His civilian career was in the mining industry in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, where he worked in the Frog's Leg Gold Mine until early 2015.[9]

After receiving the Victorian Cross for Australia Keighran completed a MBA. As of 2024, he and his family were living in Brisbane and Keighran was employed in a senior role in a multinational defence company.[10]

Honours and awards

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Keighran's Victoria Cross for Australia and accompanying medal group are on loan to the Australian War Memorial for display in the Hall of Valour.[11] Keighran from 2001 until 2011 wore the Presidential Unit Citation awarded by the United States.[N 2]

In 2024 Keighran decided to sell his medals, including the Victoria Cross for Australia, to pay for a new house and help cover his family's living expenses.[10]

Ribbon Description Notes
Ribbon of the Victoria Cross for Australia Victoria Cross for Australia (VC) "For the most conspicuous acts of gallantry and extreme devotion to duty in action in circumstances of great peril at Derapet, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, as part of the Mentoring Task Force One on Operation SLIPPER" on 24 August 2010."
Ribbon of the AASM Australian Active Service Medal with clasps for ICAT and IRAQ 2003
Ribbon of the Afghanistan Medal for Australia Afghanistan Medal Operation Slipper
Ribbon of the Iraq Medal for Australia Iraq Medal Operation Catalyst
Ribbon of the Australian Service Medal Australian Service Medal with East Timor clasp (UNMISET)
Ribbon of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 1 December 2012[12]
Ribbon of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal 29 November 2022
Ribbon of the King Charles III Coronation Medal King Charles III Coronation Medal 2 May 2024[13][14]
Ribbon of the Defence Long Service Medal Defence Long Service Medal with one clasp for 20 years service
Ribbon of the Australian Defence Medal Australian Defence Medal
Ribbon of the United Nations Medal (UNMISET) United Nations Medal with ribbon for active service with Operation Citadel in Timor Leste (UNMISET)
Ribbon of the NATO Medal for ISAF NATO Medal for the Non-Article 5 ISAF Operation in Afghanistan with ISAF clasp
Meritorious Unit Citation Meritorious Unit Citation with Federation Star Awarded to Mentoring Task Force One in the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours
Meritorious Unit Citation Meritorious Unit Citation with Federation Star Awarded to Task Force 66 in the 2015 Australia Day Honours[15]
Infantry Combat Badge

Notes

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  1. ^ Prior to 1991, Australians were awarded the "Imperial" Victoria Cross, the last recipient being Keith Payne in 1969. The Victoria Cross for Australia was created in 1991 as a national replacement to the original medal, and was first awarded in 2009 to Mark Donaldson, the second in 2011 to Ben Roberts-Smith and the fourth posthumously in 2014 to Cameron Baird.
  2. ^ The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) awarded by the United States can be seen worn by Daniel Keighran in photos from his Victoria Cross for Australia award ceremony. The PUC was awarded the D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, during the Vietnam War. As a result members of D Company can wear the decoration on their uniform whilst a member of that unit. Only members of D Company during the time of the award are permitted to continue wearing the PUC after leaving the unit. Now that Daniel Keighran is a member of Army Headquarters he has ceased to wear the decoration.

References

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  1. ^ Ireland, Judith (1 November 2012). "Soldier honoured with Victoria Cross medal". The Age. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Soldier Honoured with Victoria Cross". Army News. 1 November 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
    "Corporal Daniel Alan Keighran, VC". Army News. 1 November 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Corporal Daniel Alan Keighran, VC". Department of Defence. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Dibben, Kay (4 November 2012). "Victoria Cross recipient Corporal Daniel Keighran a quiet achiever at school". The Australian. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  5. ^ "RAR soldier awarded Victoria Cross for Afghan valour". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Daniel Keighran VC: First Royal Australian Regiment soldier to receive a Victoria Cross". Celebrity Speakers. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  7. ^ a b Stewart, Cameron; Packham, Ben (1 November 2012). "Corporal Daniel Keighran wins Victoria Cross for Afghanistan courage". The Australian. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  9. ^ Paddenbeg, Trevor (3 November 2012). "Kalgoorlie miner and VC recipient Daniel Keighran is 'a humble bloke,' workmates say". The Australian. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  10. ^ a b Barlass, Tim (5 October 2024). "Victoria Cross recipient to sell medals to cover family expenses". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Keighran VC presents Victoria Cross to Memorial". Defence News. Australian Department of Defence. 4 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Presentation of The Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal to Corporal Daniel Keighran VC". Governor-General of Australia Events. 1 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Brisbane Gala Ball 2023". Instagram. daniel keighran vc. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Governor presents the King Charles III Coronation Medal". X. Governor of Queensland. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Corporal Dan Keighran, VC". Australian Army. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
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