28-year-old Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney, from the Brisbane-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan yesterday morning.
He leaves behind his three-year-old daughter Annabell and wife Beckie, who is about to give birth to their second child any day now.
"Nothing meant more to him than his family," she said.
29 August to 9 September 2010 is Legacy Week in Australia. Legacy is an organisation founded in 1923 dedicated to caring for families like Lance Corporal Jared's.
Many members of the AEF are current or ex-serving members of the Australian Defence Force or come from ADF families.
Please show your support for the sacrifices made by Australian Defence Force personnel and their families this year by donating whatever you can spare and spreading the word to friends and colleagues, in emails, forums, blogs, and social networking websites you have access to, like Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
http://www.everydayhero.com.au/aef
Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Swedge
Images sourced from www.defence.gov.au
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From the editor:
We play a military simulation game. In saying that, the knowledge that what we do in a video game is also carried out in real life by every day people in our Defence Force is never forgotten. The men and women of the ADF have our utmost respect for the job they do and the sacrifices they make.
For what it's worth, our deepest condolences go out to those who have lost loved ones while serving. We hope everyone will do what they can and donate to help care for the families that have been left behind.
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