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A quiet, larrikin ‘kid’ awarded highest military honour

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Like many returned soldiers, Richard Norden didn't like to talk about the war.

When he came home to Australia after being wounded twice in Vietnam, Private Norden quietly told his older brother Rodger he might be up for a medal.

"I said, 'Oh yeah, what did you do?' But he didn't say anything," Rodger Norden told AAP.

"He was just that type of bloke."

Australians will now know Pte Norden for hi...


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