Dipprasad Pun [SEP] conflict
Dipprasad Pun
Dipprasad Pun, CGC () is a Nepalese sergeant of the Royal Gurkha Rifles who was decorated with the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for an act of bravery during the War in Afghanistan on the night of 17 September 2010. Pun, then an acting sergeant, single-handedly defeated 12 to 30 Taliban insurgents who were storming his control post near Babaji in Helmand province.
Conspicuous Gallantry Cross.
Immediately prior to the engagement, Pun, who was with the 1st battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles, was on sentry duty
the Ground Line of Communication (GLOC) project to Mushan – all in an area known as the Horn of Panjwai.
- September 17- Acting Sergeant Dipprasad Pun of 1st Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles was singlehandedly on sentry duty at a checkpoint guarding a compound he and 3 other men were occupying near Babaji in Helmand province, (the platoon Pun was part of had pushed out a patrol to dominate a road to the east in readiness for the next day's parliamentary elections). That night, 12-30 Taliban insurgents