DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 068/10
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Australian Soldier Identified as Wounded in Contact on
21 February 2010
An Australian soldier with the First Mentoring Task Force (MTF-1) has been
wounded following an engagement with insurgents on the 21st of February 2010.
The soldier was identified as receiving a soft tissue wound during the contact in a
subsequent medical assessment.
The soldier was hurt while taking cover after his patrol was engaged with small arms
fire in Mirabad, north of Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan.
The soldier, who is receiving treatment, is the eighth to have been wounded during
operations for the year, and the 108th since operations in Afghanistan commenced in
2002.
Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: (02) 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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