The uniform of former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith,on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
He noted that the memorial’s job was to remember and understand Australia’s experience at war,including how it was conducted and what consequences it had.
“We are considering carefully the additional content and context to be included in these displays,” Beazley,a former Labor leader,said.
The Greens called on the memorial to remove Roberts-Smith’s artefacts from display while international law professor Ben Saul argues they should be recontextualised to show that,alongside the soldier’s bravery,he also committed horrific acts.
At the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on Friday night,Defence Force Chief Angus Campbell was asked about Roberts-Smith and the court ruling that he committed war crimes during a panel appearance.