Corporal Grant Carried Home
Tuesday, 23 August 2011, 8:11 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force
23 August 2011
Corporal Grant Carried
Home
Australian Defence Force along with NZ
Defence Force colleagues provide a ramp ceremony for NZSAS
trooper Corporal Doug Grant, killed in Afghanistan last
Friday.
He was transported from Afghanistan by Australian
Hercules. From this location CPL Grant will be flown back to
New Zealand.

Caption: Ramp ceremony
for SAS trooper Corporal Doug GrantThe
New Zealand Defence Force is grateful for the assistance of
the ADF in helping with the repatriation of our fallen
comrade.
CPL Grant died when he was hit by a bullet fired
by an insurgent during an attack in Kabul.
The NZ Defence
Force will advise details of the funeral for CPL Grant later
this
week.
ENDS
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