Ive Never Thought about Not Coming: RobertsSmith at Dawn Service

Ben Roberts-Smith attends the ANZAC dawn service in Currumbin, Australia, on April 25, 2026. Chris Hyde/Getty ImagesAustralia’s most decorated living soldier—and now an accused war criminal—Ben Roberts-Smith has arrived quietly before first light at an Anzac Day service on the Gold Coast.As rain sheeted across Currumbin Beach and thunder rolled in from the Pacific, Roberts-Smith, with medals pinned to his chest, stood tall among thousands of silent onlookers.