Casket of Jared MacKinney carried by the members of his 6th Battalion RAR at Amberley Air Force base. Photo: Defence / Sergeant Chris Weissenborn
The body of 28-year-old Brisbane based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment soldier Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney arrived home carried by RAAF Hercules aircraft that landed at the Amberley Air Force base, west [...]
Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney with his wife Beckie and daughter Annabell. Photo: Defence
An Australia soldier who was killed during a fierce firefight in southern Afghanistan has been named as Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney. Lance Corporal MacKinney who was married to Beckie MacKinney and father of one was with other Australian soldiers on patrol in Tarin [...]
Australian Troops in Afghanistan. Photo: Defence
28-year-old Australian soldier has been killed in an intense three-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal who died in the battle was from Brisbane-Based 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Soldier’s name has not been published as his family specifically requested that his name be not released at this [...]
Australian and Afghan troops joint patrol in Baluchi Valley, Afghanistan, where two Australian soldiers were killed by roadside bomb. Photo: Defence
Two Australian soldiers Private Grant Kirby, 35-year-old who was a father of two and Private Tomas Dale who was 21 were killed in Afghanistan when improvised explosive device went off near their Australian Bushmaster vehicle.
The [...]
Brown Family. Photo: Defence
Today we were advised of the tragic death of our son, brother and mate while he was serving in Afghanistan.
Jason was a career soldier who dreamed from a young age of being nothing else. Everyone who knew him knew his dream. He strived to be the best he could be at his [...]
29-year-old, Perth-based Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) soldier Jason Thomas Brown died in Afghanistan in the early morning hours about 1:30am (AEST) Saturday 14th of August 2010. He is now the 18th Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan.
Trooper Brown was killed in an engagement with insurgents in Kandahar province, during which he sustained multiple gunshot [...]
Memorial Service held for Private Nathan Bewes in Tarin Kowt Afghanistan. Photo: Defence
Nathan Bewes, 23-year-old Australian soldier was farewelled by friends, families and mates in Murwillumbah, northern New South Wales. Private Bewes was killed by a road side bombing in Afghanistan while on foot patrol in the Chora Valley region of Oruzgan Province on July [...]
Australian Troops are carried by charter aircraft to the Middle East. Photo: Defence
$90 million defence tender to charter aircraft to carry Australian troops to the Middle East has been halted by corruption claim and leaks within Defence. The inquiry centres on the relationship between Army Reserve officer, aviation consultant and air service operator David Charlton.
Strategic [...]
The 250 Australian and British World War I troops recovered from mass graves have been re-interred in northern France. The bloody battle of Fromelles in July 1916 was the worst 24 hours of Australian history that saw large number troops about 7800 from a single division alone suffering massive casualties, killed, wounded or missing. Hundreds [...]
Nathan Bewes, the 17th Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan since 2001. Photo: Defence
The body of Private Nathan Bewes aged 23 who was killed by home made bomb in Afghanistan will be returned to Australia tomorrow, Thursday the 15th of July 2010. Private Bewes who was from Murwillumbah, Northern New South Wales was serving with [...]
Australian Soldiers in Afghanistan. Photo: Defence
Australian troops serving in the Middle East and Afghanistan and former troops who served their country overseas have expressed their frustration with Defence Organisation with inferior equipment and disputes with allied and their local counterparts. But the greatest dissatisfaction was over family support and family issues. There are concerns that [...]
Nathan Bewes, the 17th Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan since 2001. Photo: Defence
Another Australian soldier serving in the Afghanistan has been killed. Private Nathan Bewes from Brisbane based 6th Battalion; The Royal Australian Regiment was killed just before midnight on Friday when home made bomb exploded during his on foot patrol with his fellow [...]
Funeral procession of Private Scott Palmer in Darwin, NT. Photo: Corporal Melina Mancuso
Private Scott Travis Palmer of Katherine, Northern Territory aged 27; one of the three Australian commandoes who were killed in the chopper crash in Afghanistan last month on the 21st of June 2010 has been remembered at his funeral in Darwin.
Private Palmer [...]
Australian Special Forces on patrol in Afghanistan. Photo: Gary Ramage
Six Australian troops have been wounded by the roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan in two days period. In this recent incident, four soldiers from the 1st Mentoring Task Force were travelling in an Afghan National Army patrol vehicle in Oruzgan province’s Chora Valley when a device [...]
Farewell and Memorial Service of Australian Commando Timothy James Aplin, 38, in Brisbane. Photo: Amy Stewart
More than 500 soldiers, their families, mates and supporters have attended the funeral of Australian commando Timothy Aplin. Private Timothy Aplin was one of the three commandos who died in helicopter crash in northern Kandahar province in Afghanistan two weeks [...]
