Buried beyond history

[Howard]

This incident is well known locally and the is a memorial erected at the site of the bunker. I'm fairly sure a memorial service is held at the site on an annual basis. I'll snap some pics of the memorial next time i drive past, it is right on the edge of the Olympic highway, south west of Wagga Wagga.

[Private_collector]

Yes, please do show us the memorial. This is a very interesting and tragic part of Aust history I had not heard about before......ever!

[hrpearce]

As Howard said the story is well known in this area and has been on the news regularly in the past few years since the new memorial was unveiled.

[Shane]

I wounder how many lives have been lost at Kapooka since the day it began. Would not have a clue if this is right or not or it was said to give us the "shits" but we were told that 16 young men had taken their lives there. Maybe, maybe not who knows.

[Marc Montgomery]

It is a tragic fact that even today, every year in military training exercises, someone dies. It is a testament to the inherent dangers of the profession. They are all heroes in my opinion whether they are serving the country at war, or practice during peace...it's always dangerous, they are always putting themselves in harms way in service of their country.

[Howard]

G'Day All,
So I pulled up to have a look and take some photos.
Very long dried grass on the road side... Watch for wriggly sticks!
Now, just step over this stock fence... Watch the barbed wire!
Here it is! Bugger! Not it! All this time, I was wrong...
So I have done some research, and now know the precise location. Next visit to Wagga I'll snap some photos, I promise.
Meanwhile, have a look at this... YouTube Video
about the book available on the subject, by Andrew Johnston, has been recently published. Link to Book page.

[Little Jo]

Hi Howard

Thank you so much for posting the Y-tube clip. It is very moving and one questions why it always takes us so long to tell the story. When I located and read the story I knew I had to post it for others to read. These incidents should never be covered up, the story however bad should be openly reported and discussed. There have been to many incidents in the Army that are quickly covered up.

LEST WE FORGET.

Cheers

Tony