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Australia\u2019s most decorated living war veteran<\/a> lodged an appeal on Tuesday against a civil court ruling that blamed him for the unlawful killings of four Afghans.<\/p>\n

Ben Roberts-Smith, who retired from Australia\u2019s elite Special Air Service Regiment a decade ago, lost a landmark defamation suit on June 1 against newspapers that had accused him of an array of war crimes.<\/p>\n

The Federal Court confirmed that the 44-year-old recipient of the revered Victorian Cross for gallantry in Afghanistan filed an appeal with the court on Tuesday against that ruling.<\/p>\n

Roberts-Smith had taken leave from his job as a state manager of the Seven West Media national business since 2021 to focus on the court case and quit a day after the verdict. His case has been financed by the company\u2019s billionaire executive chair, Kerry Stokes.<\/p>\n

JUDGE RULES AUSTRALIA’S MOST DECORATED WAR VETERAN UNLAWFULLY KILLED POWS, COMMITTED WAR CRIMES IN AFGHANISTAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Roberts-Smith has been fighting to salvage his reputation through a defamation suit since Australian newspaper articles<\/a> in 2018 accused him of war crimes including culpability in six unlawful killings.<\/p>\n

The newspapers are owned by Nine Entertainment, Seven West Media\u2019s main rival in the Australian television industry.<\/p>\n

A judge dismissed the defamation claims, finding the articles were substantially true. The judge also found Roberts-Smith was responsible for four of the six unlawful deaths he had been accused of.<\/p>\n

Roberts-Smith remains under Australian police investigation for criminal prosecution over war crimes. A former SAS soldier in March became the first charged with a war crime from Australia\u2019s 20-year campaign in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

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Roberts-Smith\u2019s SAS colleagues are among those calling for him to become the first Australian Victoria Cross winner to be stripped of the highest award for gallantry in battle.<\/p>\n

His official citation commended him for “selfless valor” during an intense firefight in Kandahar province in 2010 while “showing total disregard for his own safety.”<\/p>\n

He was also awarded the Medal for Gallantry in 2006 for his roles as a patrol scout and sniper in Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roberts-Smith has agreed to pay for the legal costs of the newspapers, which some estimates say could exceed 35 million Australian dollars ($23 million), if his appeal fails.<\/p>\n

Around 39,000 Australians served in Afghanistan and 41 were killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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