DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 030/10
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
SECOND AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER IDENTIFIED AS WOUNDED IN 30th of
JANUARY IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ATTACK
A second Australian soldier has been identified as receiving minor wounds from a
road-side bomb blast incident on the 30th of January 2010.
The second soldier received minor head injuries as a result of the blast. A medical
assessment does not class his wounds as serious and he is reported as being in a
satisfactory condition.
Both soldiers were wounded when the Bushmaster vehicle they were travelling in
struck an improvised explosive device (IED). The second soldiers wounds were not
reported initially as they only became apparent during subsequent medical checks of
personnel involved in the road-side bomb blast.
The incident occurred while the soldiers were on patrol north of Tarin Kowt in
southern Afghanistan.
The soldier is the second to have been wounded during operations for the year.
Due to ongoing operations, no further information is available.
Media contact:
Defence Media Liaison: 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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