Kevin 'Dasher' Wheatley and Ron Swanton: Mates killed in Vietnam in 1965 to be awarded new medals

The late Kevin “Dasher” Wheatley is set to become one of Australia’s most decorated soldiers after a military appeals tribunal recommended new medals for him and the mate who died with him in Vietnam in 1965.

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