A final farewell to Cpl Ashley Birt

Family, friends, colleagues and politicians gathered in Gympie on Monday to farewell Ashley Birt, who was killed in Afghanistan.

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  • 7:57 AM Nov 15th
 

Topics:  afghanistan, ashley birt, defence, gympie

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