{"id":19845,"date":"2026-04-24T07:58:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/ben-roberts-smith-to-attend-first-anzac-day-service-since-war-crime-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:58:57","slug":"ben-roberts-smith-to-attend-first-anzac-day-service-since-war-crime-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/ben-roberts-smith-to-attend-first-anzac-day-service-since-war-crime-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Roberts-Smith to attend first Anzac Day service since war crime charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former soldier says he will \u2018pay my respects\u2019 at commemoration in Queensland where he has been living since being released on bail<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ben Roberts-Smith will attend an Anzac Day service in Queensland on Saturday morning, describing the day as \u201csacred\u201d to him, the first commemoration since he was criminally charged.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts-Smith, the recipient of the Victoria Cross and once one of Australia\u2019s most lionised soldiers, faces five charges of the war crime of murder, allegedly committed during his service with the SAS in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/apr\/24\/ben-roberts-smith-anzac-day-service-queensland-ntwnfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former soldier says he will \u2018pay my respects\u2019 at commemoration in Queensland where he has been living since being released on bail Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Ben Roberts-Smith will attend an Anzac Day service in Queensland on Saturday morning, describing the day as \u201csacred\u201d to him, the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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