Another SAS soldier says war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith did not deserve the prestigious Victoria Cross that was organised in secrecy.
The retired soldier codenamed Person 43 told the Federal Court on Friday "a lot of people" were of the opinion Mr Roberts-Smith was not entitled to the award.
"The awarding of the Victoria Cross was done in secrecy, without the involvement of the rest of the troop," he said.
"The actual wording of the award we believe to be incorrect."
He said the description leaves out Mr Roberts-Smith's comrade dubbed Person Four, who was awarded for his efforts two years later.
Person Four previously told the court the pair fought side-by-side at the 2010 battle of Tizak in Afghanistan, for which Mr Roberts-Smith was given the highest military honour.
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times over reports that he committed war crimes and murders in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2012.
One of a handful of Australian recipients of the VC since 1970, he has suggested some claims stem from jealous associates spiteful of his medallic achievements.
Person 43, who was medically discharged from the army in 2017, told the court on Friday he believed Mr Roberts-Smith was a bully.
Barrister Arthur Moses SC on behalf of Mr Roberts-Smith asked whether he liked his client.
"I don't particularly like him," he responded.
But he denied giving favourable evidence for the news media outlets, and rejected suggestions his memory of a key event was faulty.
It centres on an April 2009 mission dubbed Whiskey 108 in Uruzgan province, and a tunnel where two prisoners were allegedly found.
Person 43 said he ran over to another soldier who discovered a hole in the ground and witnessed an elderly man in light traditional clothing crawling out.
He recalled reaching down and grabbing him out, along with "several other pairs of hands".
'We PUC'd that person straight away," Person 43 said, referring to placing a person under control by way of searching their clothing for weapons and loose items, before they are "handcuffed and possibly blindfolded".
The prisoner was then handed on to other teammates and he never saw him again, he said.
Mr Moses on Friday suggested that his recollection of the mission 13 years prior was not good.
"I remember the important parts," he responded.
"The only reason I recall Whiskey 108, in particular, (it is the) only time in my 25 years of service, I helped find or help remove someone from a tunnel.
Mr Moses accused Person 43 of spreading rumours about the mission.
"That is once again ridiculous ... I have not spread rumours about Whiskey 108. I've told facts."
The media outlets Mr Roberts-Smith is suing for defamation accuse him of executing the prisoner, who had a prosthetic leg.
They also allege he ordered a fresh trooper to shoot the other prisoner or stood by while he did, in order to "blood the rookie", giving a junior soldier their first kill in action.
Mr Roberts-Smith strenuously denies the allegations and previously told the court "there were no men in the tunnel", and labelled the claims as "outrageous".
A new SAS witness will be called on Monday when the trial resumes.
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