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Article: WA: Military funeral to be held for Afghanistan SAS soldier
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2002
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WA: Military funeral to be held for Afghanistan SAS soldier
The body of the first Australian soldier killed in combat since
Vietnam arrived in
Perth today, his coffin draped in the Australian flag and his beret
atop.
The body of 33-year-old Sergeant ANDREW RUSSELL, killed in Afghanistan
last weekend,
was taken from an aircraft early today and received by members of
the Special Air Service
with full military honours.
A defence spokeswoman says the ...