Victoria Cross ‘put a target on my back’, Ben Roberts-Smith tells court

Defamation 2021-06-11 2:58 pm By Miklos Bolza | Sydney

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has said that while he was proud to have received the Victoria Cross for his actions at the 2010 battle of Tizak in Afghanistan, winning the award “put a target” on his back, with fellow soldiers seeking to undermine those they saw as tall poppies.