Brian Meagher challenges sacking for going AWOL to fight in Ukraine where he received ‘life-changing injuries’
Brian Meagher in a hospital in Ukraine
A prison officer who went AWOL to fight in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion was sacked after a senior official saw him give a TV interview from his hospital bed when he was severely wounded in action.
Brian Meagher “went [off] his own back for his own principles” to the front line in Ukraine and suffered “horrendous, life-threatening wounds” when a landmine exploded during an ambush on September 5, 2022, his barrister told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) today.
