Image Gallery: September 2012
05 September 2012
RAAF Base Richmond Ramp Ceremony
Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald of 2 Commando Regiment were returned home by a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17 Globemaster and commemorated by their Regiment during a Ramp Ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond, Wednesday 05 September 2012.
Private Galagher and Lance Corporal McDonald were killed while serving with Australia’s Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan, when an International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter crashed in Helmand Province during the early hours of 30 August 2012.
The two soldiers were received by members of the Australian Army, led by the Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley, AC, DSC; Special Operations Commander Australia, Major General Peter Warwick (Gus) Gilmore, DSC, AM; the McDonald and Galagher families.
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Bearer parties of 2 Commando Regiment carry the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald from the Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster during the Repatriation Ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Bearer parties carry the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald through 2 Commando Regiment’s honour guard during the Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
The Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley, AC, DSC, pays his respects along with the 2 Commando Honourary Colonel and Special Operations Commander Australia, Major General Peter Gilmore, DSC, AM.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Bearer parties carry the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald during the Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Bearer parties carry the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald during the Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald’s families, loved ones and comrades gather at RAAF Base Richmond for their Repatriation Ceremony.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Special Operations Commander Australia, Major General Peter Gilmore, DSC, AM, salutes the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald during the Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Family and friends along with the Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley, AC, DSC, pay their respects to Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald during the Repatriation Ceremony, RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Bearer parties carry the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald through 2 Commando Regiment’s honour guard during the Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Bearer parties carry the caskets of Private Nathanael Galagher and Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald through 2 Commando Regiment’s honour guard during the Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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Private Nathanael Galagher is placed in the hearse by his bearer party from 2 Commando Regiment during a Repatriation Ceremony held at RAAF Base Richmond.
(Date taken: 05 September 2012)
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