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The Red Circle
By Brandon Webb
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service Operations, 1909-45
By Nigel West
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 28172" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Payne </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Keith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Australian Infantry </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Warrant Officer Second Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Victoria Cross,Distinguished Service Cross(US) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>South Vietnam 1969 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 30.8.1933 Ingham,Queensland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Henry Thomas Payne,Ingham,Queensland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Florence Payne,North MacKay (5 sons)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>served Korea with 1 Bn Royal Australian Regiment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined AATTV from HQ Northern Command</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attached 212 Company,1 Bn Mike Force,S.O.G.,US Special Forces </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33749/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33749-537b3098f9d53c44bba6040f95a2cf3c.jpg?1596377557" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.603/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/603-0c22f2fe6b84f18633ce7bfdbc5a5753.jpg?1591383028" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33710/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33710-55caabc2802136e72e2007ddcb8241e1.jpg?1594649457" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne-aattv-and-jerry-delwo-green-berets.33744/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33744-1cebcb004a095c6f4c4b6ae115dbf309.jpg?1596377157" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne-aattv-and-j-delwo-green-berets.33747/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33747-6eb94e634a5fc80912dbacb156fedbd5.jpg?1596377430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33748/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33748-4bc4a1f752a6ea812c1ae5f25ecb9df3.jpg?1596377542" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33750/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33750-821989ac468ad61f1e9bacd9b15a5bc3.jpg?1596377577" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33751/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33751-37033d44098fc4530337318d8667a621.jpg?1596377598" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33752/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33752-9677598dac3778cae6078c6522fc17c0.jpg?1596377619" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33753/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33753-bbb75fc0240e8730b5a0976f754e9788.jpg?1596377640" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/k-payne.33754/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33754-8c8f8ab8b99776a550e1087b871bc748.jpg?1596377664" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">A legendary soldier in his homeland of Australia, Keith Payne is the last Australian recipient of the original Victoria Cross, and one of only two living Australian recipients of the original Victoria Cross. With the exception of three Vietnamese Soldiers, he was the only member of an Allied Foreign military force that was awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Cross in Vietnam, or since. A veteran of the wars in both Korea and Vietnam, he retired from the army in 1975, but saw further action as a captain with the Army of the Sultan of Oman in the Dhofar War. [ </span></em><a href="https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/4981" target="_blank"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">MILITARY TIMES</span></em></a><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"> ] </span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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