Image Gallery: December 2008
04 December 2008
Lt Michael Fussell Memorial Service
Family, friends and colleagues gathered together at Holsworthy Barracks today, to pay their respects to Lieutenant Michael Fussell, who lost his life to an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan on the 27th November 2008.
Family and fellow Officers spoke to the gathering and reflected on the young Lieutenants career with the Army, in particular his service with the Royal Regiment Australian Artillery and 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (4RAR).
A Catafalque party took position around 4 RAR’s memorial, known as “the Rock”, before Lieutenant Fussell’s name was unveiled, and officially added him to the list recognizing those members of the battalion, who had made the supreme sacrifice in battle.
The service was concluded with the sounding of the Last Post, before the family was presented with the Australian Flag that draped the young Officer’s casket on the trip back to Australia, and a slouch hat, the eternal symbol of the Australian soldier.
| 20081204adf8114832_001 Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC, talks to Lieutenant Michael Fussell's colleagues from 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment prior to his memorial service at Holsworthy Barracks. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_002 Commanding Officer of the 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Gavin Duncan gives the service address during Lieutenant Michael Fussell's memorial service at Holsworthy Barracks. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_003 Commanding Officer 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Gavin Duncan and brother of Lieutenant Michael Fussell, Lieutenant Daniel Fussell unveils the inscription on the memorial rock at Holsworthy Barracks. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_004 Commanding Officer of 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Gavin Duncan and brother of Lieutenant Michael Fussell, Lieutenant Daniel Fussell salutes, after unveiling the inscription on the memorial rock at Holsworthy Barracks. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_005 Special Operations Commander Australia, Major General Timothy McOwan, DSC, CSM presents Lieutentant Michael Fussell's medals and the Australian National Flag to Madeline Fussell, the mother of Lieutenant Michael Fussell. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_006 Members from the Royal Regiment Australian Artillery form a Catafalque party around 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (4RAR) memorial known as 'The Rock.' (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_007 Members from the Royal Regiment Australian Artillery form a Catafalque party around 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment memorial known as 'The Rock.' (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_008 The inscription unvieled at the memorial service at Holsworthy Barracks for Lieutenant Michael Fussell, with the Royal Regiment Australian Artillery and 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment berets, representing the symbols of his service to the Australian Army. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20081204adf8114832_009 The inscription unvieled at the memorial service at Holsworthy Barracks for Lieutenant Michael Fussell, with the Royal Regiment Australian Artillery and 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment berets, representing the symbols of his service to the Australian Army. (Date taken: 04 December 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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