Thursday, August 12, 2010

Gurkha killed at Bahadur

Rifleman Remand Kulung, from G (Tobruk) Company, 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire), attached to the Danish Battle Group, died on Thursday 12 August 2010 of wounds sustained in Afghanistan.


In the early hours of 10 August 2010, a Chinook helicopter was conducting a resupply at Patrol Base Bahadur. Part of the helicopter came into contact with a sangar near to an accommodation area where Rifleman Remand was resting.

The sangar collapsed and Rifleman Remand sustained serious injuries. He was evacuated to Bastion Role 3 hospital before subsequently being moved to the United Kingdom for further treatment.

At 1258hrs on 12 August 2010, Rifleman Remand Kulung died of his injuries in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, with his family present.

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