Image Gallery: July 2010
15 July 2010
Repatriation Ceremony for Private Nathan Bewes
A ramp ceremony to repatriate the body of the Australian Soldier killed in Afghanistan on the 9th of July was held on the 15th of July in Queensland at Royal Australian Air Force Base Amberley.
The body of Private Nathan Bewes, who was serving with the 1st Mentoring Task Force in Oruzgan Province, was taken from an RAAF C-17 by a bearer party made up of PTE Bewes’ colleagues from the 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, to be reunited with his family.
In addition to his family, the Ramp Ceremony was attended by Defence Minister Senator the Hon John Faulkner, the Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, and the Acting Chief of Army Major General Paul Symon AO.
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The Bearer Party carries the casket of Private Nathan Bewes a RAAF C-17 after returning from the Middle East.
(Date taken: 15 July 2010)
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The Bearer Party carries the casket of Private Nathan Bewes a RAAF C-17 after returning from the Middle East.
(Date taken: 15 July 2010)
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The Bearer Party carries the casket of Private Nathan Bewes a RAAF C-17 after returning from the Middle East.
(Date taken: 15 July 2010)
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The Bearer Party carries the casket of Private Nathan Bewes through an honour guard of his fellow 6RAR soldiers at his repatriation ceremony.
(Date taken: 15 July 2010)
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The Bearer Party carries the casket of Private Nathan Bewes through an honour guard of his fellow 6RAR soldiers at his repatriation ceremony.
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Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, and the Acting Chief of Army Major General Paul Symon AO salute the casket of Private Nathan Bewes as it is carried through the honour gaurd.
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LEST WE FORGET: The casket of Private Nathan Bewes is adorned with his slouch hat.
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Acting Chief of Army Major General Paul Symon AO, Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston and other dignitaries at the repatriation ceremony of Private Nathan Bewes.
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Private Nathan Bewes is posthumously presented with the Timor-Leste Solidarity Medal during his repatriation ceremony by Acting Chief of Army Major General Paul Symon AO.
(Date taken: 15 July 2010)
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Private Nathan Bewes is posthumously presented with the Timor-Leste Solidarity Medal during his repatriation ceremony by Acting Chief of Army Major General Paul Symon AO.
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Bugler sounds the Last Post at the repatriation ceremony for Private Nathan Bewes.
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The Bearer Party prepares to carry the casket of Private Nathan Bewes out of the Air Movements Hanger at RAAF Base Amberley.
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The Bearer Party carries the casket of Private Nathan Bewes past an honour guard of his fellow 6RAR soldiers at his repatriation ceremony.
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