Image Gallery: November 2007
Private Luke Worsley honoured during return to Australia
30 November 2007
Australian soldier Private (PTE) Luke Worsley has been returned to his family in a solemn ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
Soldiers from PTE Worsley's Commando Company formed a Bearer Party, escorting the casket from a C-17 aircraft.
Family and close friends, along with Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, Deputy Special Operations Commander Brigadier Donald Higgins, and Commanding Officer 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Commando, Lieutenant Colonel Mark Smethurst, attended the ceremony and paid tribute to PTE Worsley on behalf of the entire Australian Army.
Private Worsley, 26, from 4RAR (CDO), was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action during a battle with Taliban extremists in Oruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan.
| 20071130adf8143085_007 The Bearer Party escort Private Luke Worsley past Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, Deputy Special Operations Commander Brigadier Donald Higgins and Commanding Officer of 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Commando Lieutenant Colonel Mark Smethurst. (Date taken: 30 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071130adf8143085_009 Private Luke Worsley is escorted from the aircraft by the Bearer Party. (Date taken: 30 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071130adf8143085_010 Soldiers from 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) slow march Private Luke Worsley to his waiting family and friends. (Date taken: 30 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071130adf8143085_018 The Bearer Party board the C-17 in preparation to deliver Private Luke Worsley to his waiting family. (Date taken: 30 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20071130adf8143085_024 Family and friends, along with Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, Deputy Special Operations Commander Brigadier Donald Higgins, and Commanding Officer 4th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Commando Lieutenant Colonel Mark Smethurst wait as the C-17 carrying Private Worsley taxis past. (Date taken: 30 November 2007) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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