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Daniel Keighran
Daniel Alan Keighran, , (born 18 June 1983) is an Australian soldier and a recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia, the highest award in the Australian honours system. Keighran was awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia for his actions in the Battle of Derapet on 24 August 2010, during the War in Afghanistan. He was presented with the medal by the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, in a ceremony in Canberra on 1 November 2012. Keighran is the third soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for Australia〔Prior to 1975, Australians were awarded the "Imperial" Victoria Cross, the last recipient being Keith Payne in 1969. The Victoria Cross for Australia was created in 1991 and first awarded in 2009 to Mark Donaldson VC, the second in 2011 to Ben Roberts-Smith VC MG and the fourth posthumously in 2014 to Cameron Baird VC MG.〕 and the first member of the Royal Australian Regiment so awarded.〔
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==Early life==
Keighran (pronounced: KEAR-''ran'') was born in Nambour, in the Sunshine Coast hinterland region of Queensland, in 1983.〔 When Keighran was in Year 5, he moved with his family to Lowmead, approximately north west of the Queensland regional city of Bundaberg. His family lived on a "forty-acre block" where his parents bred paint horses. His mother also taught dressage, and his father occasionally organised rodeo events.〔 Keighran attended school in nearby Rosedale and graduated from high school in 2000. That year Keighran was a torchbearer for the 2000 Summer Olympics torch parade and received a Pierre de Coubertin Award in recognition of his "Olympic spirit".〔
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