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Mount Bundy Training Area.
Australian Australian Army News 

Another soldier killed in training – all field training suspended

10/05/201711/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9732 Views 1 Comment Mount Bundy Training Area, soldier killed

It is with regret that Defence confirms the death of an Australian Army soldier in the Mount Bundey Training Area near Darwin,

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M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers. Photo by Corporal Steve Duncan.
Australian Australian Army News 

Soldier killed at Shoalwater Bay

04/05/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 7810 Views 0 Comments soldier killed

Defence has confirmed that a soldier was killed in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, near Rockhampton, Queensland, at approximately 8:20am today,

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File photo - NZ Army soldiers train in Australia before deploying to the Middle East.
New Zealand News Operations Overseas 

New Zealand soldier killed in Middle East

18/03/201620/03/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 9796 Views 0 Comments Sergeant Paul Andrew Hartley, soldier killed

INITIAL NEWS: 18 March 2016 A New Zealand Army soldier has died in the Middle East in a non-combat incident.

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