The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

'Corporal Baird was a modern-day warrior who set a standard that every soldier aspires to achieve.' - GENERAL DAVID HURLEY

On 22 June 2013, Corporal Cameron Baird was a 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces soldier when he led his platoon into a known Taliban stronghold to back-up another Australian unit under heavy fire. In the pronged firefight, Cameron was mortally wounded.

In 2014, Cameron's bravery and courage under fire saw him posthumously awarded the 100th Victoria Cross, our highest award possible for bravery in the presence of the enemy. Cameron Baird died how he lived - at the front, giving it his all, without any indecision. He will forever be remembered by his mates and the soldiers he served with in the 2nd Commando Regiment.

THE COMMANDO reveals Cameron's life, from young boy and aspiring AFL player, who only missed out on being drafted because of injury, to exemplary soldier and leader. Cameron's story and that of 4RAR and 2nd Commando personifies the courage and character of the men and women who go to war and will show us the good man we have lost.

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The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

'Corporal Baird was a modern-day warrior who set a standard that every soldier aspires to achieve.' - GENERAL DAVID HURLEY

On 22 June 2013, Corporal Cameron Baird was a 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces soldier when he led his platoon into a known Taliban stronghold to back-up another Australian unit under heavy fire. In the pronged firefight, Cameron was mortally wounded.

In 2014, Cameron's bravery and courage under fire saw him posthumously awarded the 100th Victoria Cross, our highest award possible for bravery in the presence of the enemy. Cameron Baird died how he lived - at the front, giving it his all, without any indecision. He will forever be remembered by his mates and the soldiers he served with in the 2nd Commando Regiment.

THE COMMANDO reveals Cameron's life, from young boy and aspiring AFL player, who only missed out on being drafted because of injury, to exemplary soldier and leader. Cameron's story and that of 4RAR and 2nd Commando personifies the courage and character of the men and women who go to war and will show us the good man we have lost.

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The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

by Ben Mckelvey
The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

The Commando: The life and death of Cameron Baird, VC, MG

by Ben Mckelvey

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Overview

'Corporal Baird was a modern-day warrior who set a standard that every soldier aspires to achieve.' - GENERAL DAVID HURLEY

On 22 June 2013, Corporal Cameron Baird was a 2nd Commando Regiment Special Forces soldier when he led his platoon into a known Taliban stronghold to back-up another Australian unit under heavy fire. In the pronged firefight, Cameron was mortally wounded.

In 2014, Cameron's bravery and courage under fire saw him posthumously awarded the 100th Victoria Cross, our highest award possible for bravery in the presence of the enemy. Cameron Baird died how he lived - at the front, giving it his all, without any indecision. He will forever be remembered by his mates and the soldiers he served with in the 2nd Commando Regiment.

THE COMMANDO reveals Cameron's life, from young boy and aspiring AFL player, who only missed out on being drafted because of injury, to exemplary soldier and leader. Cameron's story and that of 4RAR and 2nd Commando personifies the courage and character of the men and women who go to war and will show us the good man we have lost.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780733636509
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Publication date: 10/19/2017
Sold by: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format: eBook
File size: 18 MB
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About the Author

Ben Mckelvey is an author, journalist and editor. Ben's books have won the Australian Independent Book Award for non-fiction, an Australian Book Industry Award and the Nib Military History Prize and they have been shortlisted in the Victorian and Queensland Premier's Literary Awards and for the Les Carlyon Literary Prize. Ben has been the editor of Mr Jones, Sports&Style and Juice magazines and worked at the Sydney Morning Herald as a Senior Feature Writer. As a freelance writer, Ben has been embedded with the ADF in East Timor and Iraq, and has worked independently in Iran, Syria and Afghanistan.

Table of Contents

Author's note vii

Prologue The Coming Storm 1

Chapter 1 The Family Baird 5

Chapter 2 The Boy 16

Chapter 3 The Soldier's Choice 44

Chapter 4 A Singular Focus 68

Chapter 5 Baghdad Dash 83

Chapter 6 The Echo of Guns 105

Chapter 7 Back to Bravo 116

Chapter 8 Death in Chenartu 132

Chapter 9 Gallantry 163

Chapter 10 The Kajaki Diversion 174

Chapter 11 Command 195

Chapter 12 To Helmand and Back 207

Chapter 13 2.0 228

Chapter 14 A Winnable War 247

Chapter 15 The Rolling Thunder 266

Chapter 16 Happiness is a Warm Gun 278

Chapter 17 Memento Mori 284

Chapter 18 The Settled Dust 297

Chapter 19 A Legacy 311

Glossary 318

Tributes to Corporal Cameron Baird VC, MG 321

Corporal Cameron Baird - Honours and Awards 324

Postscript - Five Years On 325

2 Commando Honour Roll 330

'Burnie Boy' 331

Acknowledgments 332

Index 334

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