Scoop Audio & Video: NZDF Briefing On Death Of SAS Trooper
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Corporal Doug Grant,
NZSAS.
Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Rhys Jones and Defence Minister Wayne Mapp held a press conference this morning to release the name of the NZSAS trooper killed in Kabul and give more details on events surrounding his death. [NZDF slides (PDF), Family statement (PDF)]
The trooper was Corporal Doug Grant, 41.
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Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Rhys Jones
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Defence Minister Wayne Mapp
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Body armour similar to that worn by the SAS