Tarin Kot Ramp Ceremony for Five Fallen Australian Soldiers Sunday,...
Five Australian soldiers killed on operations this week, are on their way home after being farewelled by their comrades in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan. The moving ceremony was also attended by senior...
View ArticleDigger killer 'a Taliban plant'
THE Afghan soldier who killed three Diggers was a Taliban infiltrator who was able to enlist using false documents, the head of the Afghan army in Oruzgan province has revealed. Brigadier-General...
View ArticleHamid Karzai is wrong to say Diggers' raid was unauthorised: Stephen Smith
AUSTRALIA has rejected President Hamid Karzai's claim that a night raid by Diggers in which two Afghans were killed was carried out without proper authorisation. Defence Minister Stephen Smith said...
View Article05 September: Fallen soldiers return home
Special Operations Commander Australia, Major General Peter Gilmore, DSC, AM, salutes the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald during the Repatriation Ceremony held...
View ArticleFallen diggers arrive home
THE five Australian soldiers killed last week in Afghanistan in the army's deadliest day in a generation have arrived home to solemn military services outside of Brisbane and Sydney. An RAAF C17...
View ArticleFallen soldiers returned home Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Five Australian soldiers killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan last week were returned home to their families and comrades today, at moving ceremonies at RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney and...
View ArticleFallen soldiers returned home
Wednesday, 5 September 2012, 8:59 pm Press Release: Australian Defence Force Fallen soldiers returned home Five Australian soldiers killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan last week were...
View ArticleUS suspends training for new Afghan recruits
Long journey home ... soldiers line the route as the bodies of the five fallen soldiers are taken from Tarin Kowt to be flown to Australia. Photo: Sergeant W. Guthrie US SPECIAL OPERATIONS forces in...
View ArticleFallen troops arrive after final trip home
Slain Queensland soldiers Sapper James Martin, Private Robert Poate and Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic. Photo: Supplied It was with dignity and heartbreak that three Aussie heroes were welcomed home...
View ArticleTears shed as fallen Australian soldiers depart
FIVE caskets draped in Australian flags began their sad journey home yesterday as the soldiers killed in Afghanistan last week received an emotional send-off from comrades. Tears were shed as a lone...
View Article'War weary' Australians stay the course
FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr says Australia must stay the course in Afghanistan or risk ruining its reputation on the world stage. Speaking on Sky News Australian Agenda program Senator Carr said most...
View ArticleUS suspends training to check Afghan recruits
Heading home: The five Diggers are farewelled by their comrades. US SPECIAL operations forces in Afghanistan have suspended training for all new Afghan recruits and will carry out stricter vetting of...
View ArticleMore rogue killings tipped for Australian troops
AUSTRALIAN troops resumed training Afghan forces yesterday after last week's "insider" murders, despite a grim warning that rogue attacks would increase. Taliban insurgents are threatening Afghan...
View ArticleA proud and dedicated Digger is laid to rest
SAPPER James Martin's siblings Angus and Holly said goodbye to their big brother yesterday. They were joined by Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott in a moving farewell to a bass guitarist, gamer and combat...
View ArticleGuard of honour for a life nurtured at Grammar
The gleaming gun carriage carrying the coffin of Private Robert Poate filed past the young faces of students from Canberra Grammar School as they formed a guard of honour for the fallen soldier. The...
View ArticleFallen Diggers carried by comrades
THEIR caskets draped in Australian flags and carried by their comrades, the five Diggers killed in Afghanistan last week were returned home yesterday. At Amberley RAAF base outside Brisbane, the...
View ArticleFamily, mates farewell Diggers Private Robert Poate and Lance Corporal...
ONE soldier has been remembered as a highly respected and much loved serviceman, while another has been farewelled by more than 600 mourners. A crowd of mourners gathered in Canberra for the funeral...
View ArticleFallen diggers 'respected' soldiers
AAP The diggers killed by a rogue Afghan soldier this week were all on their first tour of duty to Afghanistan....
View ArticleSergeant Hikmatullah, Taliban killer of Diggers, surfaces on Twitter
THE Taliban has tweeted a picture of the Afghan soldier who murdered three Diggers in a gun attack at a coalition patrol base. Despite a three-week manhunt for Sergeant Hikmatullah, the insurgent has...
View ArticlePersonal details of soldiers killed in Afghanistan in insider attack...
It is with deep regret that the Australian Defence Force confirms that Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic, Sapper James Martin and Private Robert Poate were killed on operations in Afghanistan on 29...
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