AUSTRALIAN Defence Force officials have revealed the identities of three diggers killed by a rogue Afghan soldier this week at a patrol base in the Baluchi Valley.
The three were Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic, born in Penrith NSW in 1972; Sapper James Martin, 21, from Perth; and Private Robert Poate, born in Canberra in 1988.
“Planning for the repatriation of the fallen Australian soldiers has begun, although the date for their return to Australia has not yet been confirmed,” Defence said in a statement on Saturday.
The three were killed on Wednesday night.
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