VC winner is Young Aussie of the Year

Australia's first Victoria Cross recipient in 40 years has been named Young
Australian of the Year.
SAS Trooper Mark Donaldson was awarded Australia's highest military honour in 2009
for drawing enemy fire to himself when Taliban insurgents ambushed a combined
Australian-US-Afghan convoy in September 2008.
The Young Australian of the Year award recognises how the 30-year-old West
Australian enabled wounded soldiers to be moved to safety, before running 80 metres
across exposed ground to rescue and carry a wounded Afghan interpreter to safety.
"His bravery in the face of great danger saved lives and won him the highest
respect," the National Australia Day Council said.