Former Governor-General Michael Jeffery dies aged 8319/12/2020|2min
Former Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery has died aged 83.
Major General Michael Jeffery attended the Royal Military College Duntroon in Canberra and served in Papua New Guinea, Malaya, and Borneo.
He was awarded the Military Cross during his tour in Vietnam before commanding the Special Air Service Regiment.
Major General Michael Jeffery served as governor of Western Australia from 1993 until 2000 and became governor general in 2003.
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by Ally Foster 16th Dec 2020 11:36 AM One of Australia s top special forces soldiers has stood down after a shocking photo emerged of him drinking from a prosthetic leg belonging to a dead Afghan man. Warrant Officer John Letch, Command Sergeant Major of Special Operations Command, has stepped down from his duties and is now considering his options following the photo controversy, according to The publication also revealed former Special Air Service Regiment and Special Operations Task Group commander Jono Beesley has stepped down following the publication of the Brereton Report. A pixelated photo of Warrant Officer Letch drinking out of the fake leg of a dead man in Afghanistan was published by
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Top Australian soldier steps down over disgusting photo showing him drinking from prosthetic leg of dead man
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Warrant Officer John Letch. Photo / Supplied
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By: Ally Foster
One of Australia s top special forces soldiers has stood down after a shocking photo emerged of him drinking from a prosthetic leg belonging to a dead Afghan man.
Warrant Officer John Letch, Command Sergeant Major of Special Operations Command, has stepped down from his duties and is now considering his options following the photo controversy, according to The Australian.
The nation’s most senior special forces soldier has voluntarily stood aside after the emergence of a photo of him drinking from a prosthetic leg in Afghanistan.https://t.co/sCPAmdjGzV The Australian (@australian) December 15, 2020
Australian and British troops stand at attention during an ANZAC day ceremony at Camp Armadillo in Afghanistan on April 25, 2008 [Reuters/Omar Sobhani]
Last week the distressing details of a four-year inquiry into the Australian Defence Force’s war crimes in Afghanistan were finally released to the public. The country grappled with the scale of the violence: at least 23 deadly incidents; 39 Afghan civilians, including children, killed; at least 25 Australian soldiers of the Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) involved.
The report described a savage practice of “blooding”, where young special forces soldiers were instructed by senior commanders to make their “first kill” and a “culture of secrecy”, where witnesses remained silent and murderers covered up their crimes by planting weapons and radios on dead bodies.