Willie Apiata
✓ Source-basedstableNew Zealand Special Air Service member and recipient of Victoria Cross
New ZealandBorn 1972 · age 54Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata, VC is an honorary warrant officer class one in the New Zealand Army Reserve Forces. As a corporal in the New Zealand Special Air Service, he became the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand.
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Bill Henry "Willie" Apiata, VC is an honorary warrant officer class one in the New Zealand Army Reserve Forces. As a corporal in the New Zealand Special Air Service, he became the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand. He received the award on 2 July 2007 for bravery under fire during the War in Afghanistan in 2004, in which he carried a gravely wounded comrade across a battlefield, under fire, to safety.
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