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What’s Corporal Bill (Willy) Apiata been up to?
Special Air Service Corporal Bill Apiata
Not Apiata.
He’s back in the ‘stan with his lads.
Victoria Cross recipient Willie Apiata is one of the SAS members photographed in Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Key has confirmed.
Images emerged today of members of the New Zealand Special Air Service on patrol in Kabul shortly after they were involved in a battle in the centre of the Afghan capital.
Corporal Apiata became the first New Zealander since the Second World War to be awarded the Commonwealth’s highest military award for his actions with the NZ SAS in Afghanistan.
Mr Key told reporters Corporal Apiata had volunteered to return to Afghanistan.
“We gave Willie Apiata the choice about whether to return to Afghanistan or not and he made it quite clear he did want to return and he was one of the first to return.”
Filed under: Afghanistan, Heroes, Military, Our Allies, War on Terror, WOT Heroes · Tags: Afghanistan, Corporal Bill Apiata, New Zealand SAS, Victoria Cross
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