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Leon Kristopher Smith

New Zealand Special Air Service

Died when: 33 years 66 days (398 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Leon Kristopher Smith

Leon Kristopher Smith, NZGD (24 July 1978 – 28 September 2011) was a New Zealand Army soldier who was posthumously awarded the New Zealand Gallantry Decoration and the Charles Upham Bravery Award for his actions when attempting to resuscitate a mortally wounded colleague, while responding to an insurgent attack on the British Council Offices in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2011.

Smith, who was a member of the New Zealand Special Air Service, was himself mortally wounded during a later operation in Afghanistan.

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