TWENTY THREE Australian soldiers have now been killed in Afghanistan since 2001, including two this year.
Australia’s roll of honour in Afghanistan
The ADF Tri-Service Flag
Please feel free to click on each soldiers name and read their tribute page
2011
October 29- Captain Bryce Duffy was a member of the Mentoring Task Force – Three and was from the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery (RAA) based in Townsville.
October 29- Lance Corporal Luke Gavin was a member of the Mentoring Task Force—Three and was from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) based in Townsville, North Queensland.
October 29- Corporal Ashley Birt was allocated to the Royal Australian Engineers as a Geospatial Technician.
August 22- Private Matthew Lambert was a member of the Mentoring Task Force – Three and was from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) based in Townsville, North Queensland.
July 4- Sergeant Todd Matthew Langley was deployed as a Commando Section Commander and this was his seventh operational deployment.
June 6- Sapper Rowan Jaie Robinson was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was tragically killed in action on Monday 6 June 2011
May 30- Lieutenant Marcus Sean Case was deployed to Afghanistan as a Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operator. This was his first deployment to Afghanistan. He was killed when an Australian Chinook Helicopter crashed while undertaking a re-supply mission in Zabul Province.
May 30- Lance Corporal Andrew Gordon Jones was from the 9th Force Support Battalion in Amberley. Lance Corporal Jones was serving with the Force Support Unit. This was his first deployment to Afghanistan. was shot by an Afghan National Army soldier.
May 23- Sergeant Brett Wood, MG, 32, with the Special Operations Task Group, was killed by an improvised explosive device, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Febuary 19- Sapper Jamie Larcombe, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, was killed during an engagement with insurgents
Febuary 2- Corporal Richard Atkinson, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, was killed as a result of an Improvised Explosive Device strike
2010
August 24- Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, was killed during an engagement with insurgents
August 21 – Private Grant Kirby, 35, and Private Thomas Dale, 21, from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, killed by an explosive device while standing near their Bushmaster vehicle in the Baluchi Valley.
August 13 – Trooper Jason Brown, 29, from the Perth-based Special Air Service regiment, killed by small arms fire while on a disruption operation in northern Kandahar.
July 9 – Private Nathan Bewes, 23, from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Oruzgan Province.
June 21 – Private Tim Aplin, 38, Private Ben Chuck, 27, and Private Scott Palmer, 27, all members of the Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment (formerly the 4RAR), killed in a helicopter crash in Kandahar province.
June 7 – Sapper Jacob Moerland, 21, and Sapper Darren Smith, 25, from Brisbane-based 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, killed in explosion of insurgent improvised explosive device (IED).
2009
July 19 – Private Benjamin Ranaudo, 22, from the 1st battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), killed in explosion of IED in the Baluchi Valley, north of Tarin Kowt.
March 19 – Sergeant Brett Till, 31, a specialist explosive ordnance disposal officer from the Holsworthy-based Incident Response Regiment, killed while trying to defuse a roadside bomb in Oruzgan Province.
March 16 – Corporal Mathew Hopkins, 21, a member of the mentoring and reconstruction taskforce, from 7RAR, killed in firefight with Taliban north of Tarin Kowt.
January 4 – South African-born Private Gregory Michael Sher, 30, a reservist from the Sydney-based 1st Commando Regiment, killed in rocket attack in Oruzgan Province.
2008
November 27 – Lieutenant Michael Fussell, 25, from 4RAR Commando Battalion, killed in IED blast in Oruzgan Province.
July 8 – New Zealand-born Signaller Sean McCarthy, 25, from Perth-based Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) killed by IED blast.
April 27 - Lance Corporal Jason Marks, 27, from 4RAR Commando battalion killed in firefight with Taliban fighters in Oruzgan Province.
2007
November 23 – Private Luke Worsley, 26, from 4RAR Commando Battalion killed in firefight with Taliban fighters in Oruzgan Province.
October 25 – SASR Sergeant Matthew Locke killed in firefight with Taliban insurgents in Oruzgan Province.
October 8 – Trooper David Pearce, 41, from 2/14 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) killed in IED blast in Oruzgan Province.
2002
February 16 – SASR Sergeant Andrew Russell, 33, killed when his vehicle struck a landmine in southern Afghanistan.
TRIBUTE TO OUR FALLEN HEROS 25/08/10
Another 2 gone in a fight for terrorism! Or that is what we are lead to believe, at the end of the day though, 20 Aussies have been murdered by these crazy Taliban.Is it worth the worlds resources for the next 10, 20 50 years to fight these people?
Is it right that innocent people get bombed and survivors suffer the rest of there life i a nightmare? No.Is it right for us to be there and fight for the good? Yes. If we don’t take the fight there it will be to late when it comes to our very own doorstep. They kill their own children so there is nothing stopping them from killing ours. It’s bad enough boat people are arriving and setting up here already, some will be ok but the majority will be our worst nightmare. Converting is their way of recruiting.
The Battle against Islam has started long ago and they will stop at nothing because they are fanatics. Governments will do nothing because some one somewhere is making a pretty penny. Their rules are bollocks and UN treaties mean nothing, this is war and if we do nothing be ready to be placed on the list of soon to be conquered. All the do gooders are blind and ignorant and think they are some one special, nothing will come of them except enemies. We deserve to live freely yet these people find loop holes so they can promote Islam and create Australian/American homegrown terrorists.
There comes a time when war is the only option. End of the day all we can do is keep our brothers safe to continue the fight and our families safe to live in this great country of ours. For if we don’t stand up and fight no one will.
Hi Trooper, your comment is probably the most logic and well written since I started this blog mate. I never seek to divulge anyone’s true identity but I gather by your user name maybe you have a insiders view of the situation.
If you would like to add more or even write an article it would be my pleasure to accommodate that so we can get the view from the inside…
Thanks for stopping by
Cheers
Robbo
“The Battle against Islam”?! WTF? Are you an idiot or do you actually want to try and murder 2bn people? Or are you so stupid, “Trooper” (who I hope has just played Mario Kart a bit too often rather than actually representing Australia, Robbo), as you forget how little Australia has even existed comparatively?
Radical Islam has declared war on the West. Like it or not! We can choose to keep our military at home and wait for them to bring the fight to us (like they already have in Bali, London, Spain, Kelya, 9/11, etc., etc.), or we can go on the front foot and take the fight to them on their home turf.
We didn’t choose this war, but we have to face up to the fact that we are at war and deal with it! Losing some of our wonderful heros is tragic. Their bravery on the front line is required to keep the war “over there” instead of letting the radicals bring it “over here”.
James you are obviously one of these people who have their heads shoved up their own rrrrs! I for one haven’t noticed the buddists of the world putting fight on other countries. Nor any other religion for that matter! Islam is supposed to be a ‘gentle’ religion but many of it’s followers are hell bent on HATE. The old world teachings haven’t been bought up to the modern times due to the fact that these mob hadn’t allowed the simple thing of EDUCATION to be given to their people. James if these crew looked after their own then our boys wouldn’t need to be there stopping the looneys with no education and a mission of hate towards modernisation. Like it or not our worlds are getting smaller and population greater.. Most wish for peace, and are willing to fight the COWARDS who are the Taliban and the like that are flying the Muslim flag.
Unbelievable how stupid and ignorant all u people are. Saying that Muslims are extremists. Christianity is supposed to be a gentle religion but that hasn’t stopped millions of people being killed in the name of Jesus over the past 2 millenia. George Bush and all the extremist Christians believe this war has been ordained by their God. There are just as many, if not more, extremist Christians than Muslims. If we pulled out of this illegal war in Afghanistan they will never come here and attack us. We are the foreign imperialist oppressor, not them. So they bomb western targets once every few years. So what? Does that mean we should bomb the shit out of them everyday for the next 50 years. Who knows how many of these attacks by extremist Muslims aren’t done by the CIA to convince idiots like u that this war is justified. The majority of Australians are against this war. If there weren’t blood thirsty, bogan morons joining the army this war wouldn’t happen. If u join the army to go overseas to try and kill people and get killed in the process I would call that karma. War is murder. All soldiers fighting in foreign lands in illegal wars deserve to die. Australian troops out!
Also Muslims were very advanced in education a long long time ago. So who stopped it, not us, just themselves. It’s a book like all others written to control and brainwash. Catholics and the like have all got one but they gave up crusading to kill a long time ago (centuries even).
Every Aussie life lost in afghanistan is belittled by the fact that we have failed to pull the Americans Back from their 10 year lawless revengefest and have infact started to embrace the same attitude. The Commonwealth has only one law under which a life may be taken. The Perp must have resisted Arrest under charge of Treason.
That requires (1) A Warrant charging the perp with Treason, and (2) an obligation on our part to cropduct Afghanistan every day in some Soviet Era Sleepgas while we round every last one of the bastards up and then ship them off to Trial and deportation to Antartica for Life.
For any Commonwealth Citizen to fail to conform to this process of Law, you will have committed an act in violation of Section 1: Treason.
The Whole thing has degenerated into one group of rabid dogs fighting it out with another. That sort of contempt for the Law from the trash at the top should piss us all off.
Giddy Robbo!!
Just came across your site!!
Always interested in someone else’s opinion!!
Hmmm!! The Role of HONOUR!!
The poor Dogs havent been ,mentioned.??
The bomb sniffin ones that is.
2 off the top of my head are Nova, & Herbie??? I may be wrong, but they were serving in the Army Sniffing for Bombs & not ( Lickin balls & crotches )???
Serious though!! They have been killed along with their Handlers!!
Just thought Id mention it..
Cheers Big Mouth………………………
Hi there mate glad to have you aboard! Mans best friend, you are right I will look into it I am not home ATM thankyou
With a partner in Afghanistan, (Tarin Kowt) as we speak, I appreciate this Roll of Honor. They are amazing people who will always be in my thoughts, as well as their families.
I just feel like I should mention, next season it’s rumoured it will be the worse season yet. . As the Taliban are becoming more desperate and also into a lot more money (through poppy season). Luckily, my partner will be home soon, but a lot of military personel aren’t so fortunate. I just want to say a bit thank you to all the men who have served and are serving as we speak. 6RAR had a really terrible run, and my heart goes out to them and their families, as well as whoever replaces them. Stay safe and take care. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Thanks for sharing that Cassandra, that is not an aspect I was aware of, the link between the poppy and the money rolling in for increased attacks etc. I can only say I am proud of all the Australian men and women out there doing their job. All the best to you and your family
My Brother is in the Air Force. Avionics Tech. He has been to Afghanistan twice. Doesn’t serve on the front-line, but does a very important job. I take my hat off to them all, as they are serving in a dangerous place. Cannot tell from one minute to the next, what fate has in hand. They face a very smart & determined enemy, similarities ( Like in Vietnam ) fighting a war in different kind of way, in the enemies own backyard. In time The Aussies & Americans will adapt & overcome. Unfortunately to overcome & adapt, lives will be lost on both sides. In this day & age I cannot think why we humans haven’t learnt from the past, In wars that have been fought!! The world is a big place & I cannot think why we all cannot live in peace?? Where did this War Have its Origins?? Are we cleaning up some-ones mess!!
It started with the Soviet war from 1979- 1989. Afghanistan were invaded and their lives turned upside down. 1.3million Afghan people died and many more fled to Afghanistan. The place was in ruins. When this ended all the people had left were the weapons and ammo. The children grew up hating the western world. With the history involved in this, no wonder the country turned to crap. By the way, I am NOT defending their actions. I’m just telling you how this started in the first place.
Cassandra.
Hi There!!
I’m not here to have ago you. I read that your partner is over in Afghanistan. May he & all the others there be safe. I don’t claim to know it all. I read allot, about this, oh & I watch Michael Moore.
Yeah some of this may go back to the Soviet Invasion but I do think America has allot more to answer for!! It goes allot Deeper. ( You only have to look at What they done in Vietnam ) Its goes allot deeper than we a lead to believe. George W Bush, & his Father & the Bin la-dens. Its all about Money & oil, double dealings, Oh & I forgot, the CIA, & Saddam Hussein, & payback!!. Yeah the Aussies now in Afghanistan, as well as the Yanks are being killed by American Weaponry supplied to the Taliban by the AMERICANS To defeat the Russians back in the 80s. ( Now Russia & America are Buddy Buddy for now ) George W BUSH thought Getting OSAMA would be easy, it hasn’t turned out that way. ( We will Smoke him em out he says ) OSAMA may or may not be dead, but he has them Rattled. Lessons haven’t been learnt from Vietnam, sending in the jets & bombing the crap outta the place, aint going to win it for them, in the end,the poor old solider & his dog have to go on in & finish the business off. In war there is money too be made, & there a few American politicians with huge Investments & interests In businesses that Benefit from this war!! What I have written may be all Bullshit?? I just read what I read. Watch what I watch. Take it all in. A sleeping Giant will awaken soon, That being China, in time A line will be drawn in the Sand.. Sides will be taken. Time will tell..
Cheers BigMouth……
Hi all, sadly this page requires some updating due to the criminal acts overseas.
If anybody has anything they would like to share on a fallen soldier you are more than welcome to contact me at aussiecriminals@gmail.com
Well SADLY to say we have lost another BRAVE DIGGER to the fighting in Afghanistan.
The dead soldier, Sergeant Brett Wood, 32, is the 24th Australian to die in action in Afghanistan since 2001. 174 now have been wounded in action.
Highly decorated & will be greatly missed by family & his mates!!
The question being asked again, should we pull our troops out??
Then I read on the other side of the page that Politicians think they are ( OVERWORKED )
By saying that I mean the POLITICIANS that is.
Then below THAT ARTICLE, THEY WANT TO CUT DANGER MONEY BEING EARNED BY THE DIGGERS, WHILST OVERSEAS??
Then I read KEVIN RUDD has racked up ABOUT 250000 kms in Travel.
Gees at what cost??
Where in the hell is this country headed??
On the question of pulling our troops out, that’s a hard one to comprehend.
But to think back to Gallipoli, 25th April 1915, what was it a 8 month Campaign, 8700 killed, 28000 wounded, on Aussie side, New Zealand 7500 wounded, 2700, killed.
Turkish 215000 wounded, 8700 killed. Legends made & lost.
( My figures may be wrong ) Was that worth it???
We did in the end pull out, ingeniously sneakily & very smartly. I know its a different era & century, but this Afghanistan War is going nowhere!!
Its just tit for tat. To may Innocent lives on both sides being lost, & for what??
AMERICA????? Seems to me its going to go on for much longer yet, even with Bin Laden dead. As far as Im concerned you cant trust the Afghanis!!
Yeah there are good ones, but how can we tell?? Just Like Americans!!
C
I just hope all the wives, kids & family’s of these fallen diggers continue to receive all entitlements, these men earned, & deserve!!
Like for Instance the Wives & kids have a house that is paid off for life.
Also any other entitlements they require though-out their lives.
When you look at it, these men lost their lives fighting for this country.
Then we read where ex prime ministers as well as ex politicians, receive free airfares, cars chauffeur driven, offices pensions for life etc, etc, etc.
I HOPE THE RIGHT THING IS DONE FOR THESE FALLEN DIGGERS FAMILIES.
Because these diggers paid the altermate sacrifice.
The Politicians all they dodge a questions at question time in Parliament……..
Bigmouth…….
Got what he deserved..
THE Afghan soldier who murdered Melbourne army cook Andrew Jones in cold blood has himself been killed.
Shafied Ullah Guhlamon was shot dead by American special forces troops near his home village on Sunday night.
Would of been good to of got him alive to find out WHY he did what he did??
But at least its some comfort to his family his been dealt with I guess??
Bigmouth……
America to start pulling out troops in Afghanistan soon!!
After 10 years & not much success, LOTS OF DEATH THOUGH, smells like history repeating again..
Remember Vietnam…
And they say they got USAMA BIN LANDIN….
BLOODY WELL PROVE IT……
Who was it that said we will stay the course????
Once again we lose Another brave Highly decorated Professional Solider, killed on the battlefield in Afghanistan. The number now 28, & another solider seriously injured as well.. Sgt Langley, was on his fifth deployment to Afghanistan. He had also completed two tours of East Timor. He had been awarded two commendations for distinguished service and had a unit citation for gallantry. My thoughts go to his family & mates & fellow comrades, also to the injured fellow comrade.
Buy a Badge & Donate to LEGACY to show support… Its a shitty war……. Seems it will go on for a lot longer???
Bigmouth……..
for sale one god slightly used, goes hard, central locking, big audio, actual appearance may vary slightly nothing lasts forever get in quick before your enemies buy it 1 million US or best offer may or may not come with warranties checks and balances. enquire within idiot( i grew up wanting to be a trooper but they threw labels and stigmas on me ) never been in a jail or charged with a crime but have been detaind and held indefinately by australian goverment security forces, up to five of them so they could feel safe it would be funny if it wasnt…….un australian and evil.
the army needs guns street security forces dont end of story we pay and train our police to shoot our kids dead in cold blood
Its sad every time I come here to update more Aussie soldiers who have been killed. The recent ones where they have been killed by those they are training is absolutely despicable. All Aussies are very proud of you all, get home soon!
Robbo,
I sent this note to Rob Hulls earlier this evening from my twitter account to his.
Hayden_ Bradford
@RobHullsMP I’m curious. Do you know who introduced that very dangerous law in Victoria that protects sex offenders and paedophiles and not the victims?
I doubt if I will get a reply. Would you happen to know which political party did it.
Reference horse racing scams. I written a bit about them myself on my website. Have a read of the notes under http://racestrat.com.au/index.php/news.
Regards
Pingback: Our Recently passed Diggers in Afghanistan – Please go visit « Aussie Criminals and Crooks
Please go visit and read about these heroes. They are victims of crime just like any one of us! They paid the ultimate price…http://aussiecriminals.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/our-recently-passed-diggers-in-afghanistan-please-go-visit/
I trained Greg Sher on a army driving course not long be for he went to afghanistan, ive never been a great soldier and never popular among my fellow soldiers however, he was one of them men that stood up for me when others were putting me down and i will always be grateful for what he did for me he was a great man and will always have my respect wish i could have known him better as if thats just a small exprience of what character was like then people who knew him better must have even better things to say about him.
even though he was born in south africa he was a true aussie.