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Third SF casualty
Volume 11, No. 40, April 6, 2006
A SOLDIER serving with the SFTG in southern Afghanistan has returned to Australia after suffering a minor wound earlier this month.
The soldier was wounded during an engagement with anti-coalition militia elements.
He was treated by comrades and evacuated to a coalition medical facility for minor surgery shortly after the incident.
CDF ACM Angus Houston said the soldier’s next of kin were fully informed and that the soldier was now back at home and in good spirits.
“His injury was minor, but he does require a period of rehabilitation before he can return to full operational fitness,” ACM Houston said.
The details of the incident, the identity of the soldier and the nature of his injury will not be released for operational security reasons.
The soldier is the third Australian to be wounded in contact with anti-coalition elements since the deployment of the SFTG last year.
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