THE largest group of Australian soldiers have been farewelled at Edinburgh RAAF base, bound for what is described as a place of sand, snow and violence
Four hundred and fifty troops, from the 7th Battalion, are bound for Afghanistan to work as advisors to the Afghan National Army 4th Bridgade.
Friends, familiy and loved ones of the Adelaide-based soldiers held back tears as a brass band played Waltzing Matilda at the farewell ceremony, held this morning at the RAAF Base at Edinburgh, just north of Adelaide.
Corporal Daniel Trevena, a father of two, was among the soldiers embarking on the eight-month journey.
“I feel proud to be going back over – it’s my second trip – but what we’re going to be doing over there has changed a lot,” he said.
He said leaving his family was the hardest part of the deployment.
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