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Tim Dornin

Unlearning aggression 'helps veterans in civilian life'

Veterans had no support to deal with feelings of aggression and anger, the royal commission heard. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Veterans leaving the defence force were often aggressive and angry but were thrust back into a civilian society that didn't accept such behaviour, an inquiry has been told.

At a hearing into defence force suicide in Adelaide, longtime advocate and former army corporal William Kearney said with no process for resolving that aggression, veterans often found it difficult to fit in.

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