Peter Rudland was badly injured in a Blackhawk helicopter crash in Afghanistan that killed four special forces soldiers in 2010. More than a decade later he's racing in his first wheelchair marathon.
Mr Rudland had been thrown 35 metres from the helicopter, his rifle impaled his leg and he suffered a brain injury.
"I have got an injury, but I'll get over that. Yes, it is painful but that's a reminder of who I am and the profession that I chose." In his role as an RSL ambassador, he was one of the most outspoken voices during the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Next weekend he will line up alongside his brother-in-law for his first full-distance wheelchair marathon on the Gold Coast, not far from his home at Terranora in the Tweed region.
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