Ramp Ceremony at Al Minhad Air Base, UAE

The Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, and Mr Michael Bryce joined members of Joint Task Force 633 at a memorial service and Ramp Ceremony for PTE Nathanael Galagher, SPR James Martin, LCPL Mervyn McDonald, LCPL Stjepan Milosevic and PTE Robert Poate at Al Minhad Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

The Ode was read and the Last Post sounded before the caskets of the three soldiers and two commandos killed in Afghanistan last week were marched by bearers past Defence Force personnel and onto a C-17 Globemaster bound for Australia.