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Since the commencement of Australia's involvement in Peacekeeping and Peacemaking missions, a number of our personnel have unfortunately paid the ultimate sacrifice.
To recognise the sacrifice of Australian's deployed overseas, this Roll of Honour has been created so that everyone remembers that the hazards of being deployed on even the smallest mission can be greater than expected.
They shall grow not old
As we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
Nor the years condemn;
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning
We Will Remember Them.
Australian Defence and Police Forces Personnel
Killed in Action or Died on Duty during
Peacekeeping and Peacemaking Operations since 1966
* Lieutenant General R.H. Nimmo, CBE / Army / 4 Jan 1966 / UNMOGIP & UNIPOM / Kashmir (India/Pakistan) / Heart Attack
* Sergeant Llewelyn Thomas / Australian Federal Police / 26 July 1969 / UNFICYP / Cyprus / Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident
* Inspector Patrick Hackett / Australian Federal Police / 29 August 1971 / UNFICYP / Cyprus / Vehicle Accident
* Sergeant Ian Ward / Australian Federal Police / 12 November 1974 / UNFICYP / Cyprus / Landmine
* Captain Peter McCarthy / Army (RACT) / 12 Jan 1988 / UNTSO / Lebanon / Landmine
Lance Corporal Shannon McAliney / Army (RAINF) –
1 RAR / 2 April 1993 / UNITAF / Somalia / Accidentally Shot Dead on patrol
* Major Susan Felsche / Army (RAAMC) / 21 June 1993 / MINURSO / Western Sahara / Aircraft Crash
Lance Corporal Russell Eisenhuth / Army (RACT) –
26 Tpt Sqn / 17 January 2000 / INTERFET / East Timor / Died of Illness
Lance Corporal Shawn Lewis / Army (RAEME) – 145 Sig Sqn / 20 May 2000 / PNG / Bougainville / Drowning
* Corporal Stuart Jones / Army (RAAC) –
2 Cav Regt (Recon) / 9 August 2000 / UNTAET / East Timor / Accidentally Shot Dead on patrol
Sergeant Andrew Russell / Army (RAINF) – SASR / 16 February 2002 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Landmine
Officer Adam Dunning / Australian Protective Services / 22 December 2004 / RAMSI / Solomon Islands / Gunshot Wound
Private Jamie Clarke / Army (RAINF) –
3 RAR (Para) / 10 March 2005 / RAMSI / Solomon Islands / Died whilst on patrol on Mt Austen
Squadron Leader Paul McCarthy / RAAF / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Lieutenant Matthew Davey / RAN / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Lieutenant Matthew Goodall / RAN / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Lieutenant Paul Kimlin / RAN / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Lieutenant Jonathan King / RAN / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Flight Lieutenant Lyn Rowbottom / RAAF / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Petty Officer Stephen Slattery / RAN / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Sergeant Wendy Jones / RAAF / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Leading Seaman Scott Bennet / RAN / 2 April 2005 / Operation Sumatra Assist II / NiasIsland – Indonesia / Helicopter Crash
Warrant Officer Class 2 David Nary / Army (RAINF) – SASR / 6 November 2005 / Operation Catalyst / Kuwait / Vehicle Accident
Private Jason Kovco / Army (RAINF) –
3 RAR (Para) / 21 April 2006 / SECDET – Baghdad / Iraq / Gun Shot Wound
Captain Mark Bingley / Army (Aviation)-
5th Aviation Regt / 29 November 2006 / ADF support to Australians in Fiji / Fiji / Helicopter Crash
Trooper Joshua Porter / Army (RAINF) – SASR / 29 November 2006 / ADF support to Australians in Fiji / Fiji / Helicopter Crash
Justin Saint
(Formerly Private) / Army (RAINF) / 15 July 2007 / UNAMIR II / Rwanda / Roadside bomb. Working as a contractor in Iraq
Explosive Detection Dog "Merlin" / Army / 5 September 2007 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Vehicle Acident
Explosive Detection Dog "Razz" / Army / 24 September 2007 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Roadside Bomb
Trooper David Pierce / Army - 2/14 Light Horse Regt / 8 October 2007 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Roadside Bomb
Sergeant Matthew Locke, MG / Army (RAINF) - SASR / 25 October 2007 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Gunshot Wound
Private Ashley Baker / Army (RAINF) -
2 RAR / 7 November 2007 / Operation Astute / Timor Leste / Gunshot Wound
Private Luke Worsley / Army (RAINF)-
4 RAR (Cdo) / 23 November 2007 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Gunshot Wound
Explosive Detection Dog "Andy" / Army / 25 November 2007 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Vehicle Accident
Jason Jenkinson
(Formerly Signalman) / Army (RASIG) / 6 March 2008 / Force Communications Unit (UNTAC) / Cambodia / Cancer
Lance Corporal
Jason Marks / Army (RAINF)-
4 RAR (Cdo) / 27 April 2008 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Gunshot Wound
Signalman Sean McCarthy / Army (RASIGS) -
SASR / 8 July 2008 / Operation Slipper / Afghanistan / Roadside Bomb
Those who have a * beside their name have been awarded the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal. The U.N. Secretary-General established the Dag Hammarskjöld medal for posthumous award to members of peacekeeping operations who lost their lives during service with a peacekeeping operation under the operational control and authority of the United Nations.