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Ramp ceremony for Australian diggers in Melbourne Today
2011-06-05


The latest diggers to die in Afghanistan - Lieutenant Marcus Case and Lance Corporal Andrew Jones - will be honoured with a ramp ceremony at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport on Monday.

Lance Cpl Jones, 25, was shot dead by a rogue soldier of the Afghan National Army who was serving alongside him at the Chora Valley base on May 30.

Lance Cpl Jones, from the Amberley-based 9th Force Support Battalion, was born in Melbourne and was on his first deployment to Afghanistan after serving in East Timor.

Lt Case, 27, died when an Australian Army Chinook helicopter crashed during a resupply mission in southern Afghanistan, also on May 30.

He was involved in a routine mission when the helicopter made an uncontrolled landing.

Lt Case died in the crash while five other ADF personnel were wounded.

The army pilot from the Sydney-based 6th Aviation Regiment was also born in Melbourne and on his first deployment to Afghanistan.
Posted by:Oztralian

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