DEFENCE MEDIA RELEASE
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
040/10
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Soldiers wounded in Afghanistan 12 February 2010 - Update
Two further Australian soldiers have been identified as suffering minor wounds from
an Improvised Explosive Device incident on 12 February 2010. This now brings the
total of wounded soldiers from the two separate incidents on 12 February to four.
The additional two soldiers received minor head injuries as a result of the blast against
the Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force – Two (MRTF-2) patrol. They were
aero-medically evacuated to Tarin Kowt for further treatment once post-patrol
medical check ups identified their injuries.
These two soldiers’ families have been notified.
Medical assessments of the two soldiers do not class the wounds as serious, and both
are expected to return to full duties.
The soldier who was seriously wounded in the same incident (previously reported on
Saturday 13 February) will return to Australia for further medical treatment. The
nature of his wounds remains medical-in-confidence.
There have now been six Australian service personnel wounded in operations in
Afghanistan in 2010.
Media contact: Defence Media Liaison: (02) 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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