Image Gallery 2008
02 May 2008
Ramp Ceremony in Afghanistan for Lance Corporal Jason Marks
Australian soldier Lance Corporal Jason Marks has been bid farewell by his comrades during a solemn ceremony at Tarin Kowt.
LCPL Jason Marks, from the 4th Battalion (Commando) The Royal Australian Regiment, was serving with the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) when he was killed in action during a battle with Taliban extremists in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan.
Following a memorial service, a SOTG patrol vehicle bearing LCPL Marks’ casket and a procession of his SOTG colleagues passed solemnly along a route lined by members of the Australian Reconstruction Task Force and representatives from coalition forces in Uruzgan.
On the dusty airstrip at Tarin Kowt, his casket was carried by eight of his mates at a slow march past LCPL Marks’ fellow SOTG members into the back of the C-130 Hercules aircraft that would shortly begin the journey home to Australia.
| 2008-S0832_010 Image of Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Marks (Date taken: Unknown) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080305adf00000_002 Image of Lance Corporal (LCPL) Jason Marks. (Date taken: 05 March 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_013 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group escort a patrol vehicle carrying the casket of Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_029 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group farewelled fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_035 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group farewell fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_045 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group farewell fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_050 Brigadier Stuart Smith, the Deputy Commander for Joint Task Force 633 - Afghanistan and Mr Martin Quinn, the Australian Head of Mission in Kabul, pay their respects during a a memorial service for Lance Corporal Jason Marks at the Special Operations Task Group base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_053 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group bearing the casket of fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks following a memorial service at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_074 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group escort a patrol vehicle carrying the casket of Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_092 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group farewell fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_115 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group farewell fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8239682_170 An Australian soldier from the Special Operations Task Group watches as the C-130 carrying fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks takes off following a Ramp Ceremony at the Dutch-Australian base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_204 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group bearing the casket of fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks following a memorial service at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_224 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group escort a patrol vehicle carrying the casket of Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_240 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group carry the casket bearing Lance Corporal Jason Marks into a C-130 during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_247 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group farewell fallen comrade Lance Corporal Jason Marks during a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_262 An Australian soldier from the Special Operations Task Group escorts the casket carrying Lance Corporal Jason Marks following a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_265 The casket carrying Lance Corporal Jason Marks on board a C-130 prior to take off following a Ramp Ceremony at the Dutch-Australian base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_269 Australian Army Chaplain Maumau Monu looks on as the plane carrying Lance Corporal Jason Marks prepares to take off following a Ramp Ceremony at the Dutch-Australian base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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| 20080501adf8436992_288 Australian soldiers from the Special Operations Task Group watch as the plane carrying Lance Corporal Jason Marks prepares to take off following a Ramp Ceremony at their base in Uruzgan Province, southern Afghanistan. (Date taken: 01 May 2008) Low-Res | Hi-Res |
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