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An Australian soldier died and five others were injured during a training exercise at Mount Bundey, near Darwin, on Monday. The soldiers were airlifted to hospitals for treatment; this is the second fatal incident for the Australian military this year. In 2017, another soldier was killed at the same site after being shot in the head during an exercise where safety protocols had been violated. NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro expressed condolences and support for those affected by the latest tragedy.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
An Australian Army soldier died on Monday, October 5, 2026, during a training exercise at the Mount Bundey Training Area in the Northern Territory, approximately 134km southeast of Darwin. The incident also left five other soldiers injured, with emergency services attending the scene following reports of a vehicle accident. Next of kin were notified by the Department of Defence, which did not provide further details on the nature or cause of the incident.
Mount Bundey Training Area, covering 117,300 hectares, is used for live fire training and has seen past fatalities, including Private Jason Challis in 2017. This recent death marks the second this year following a paratrooper's fatality due to a mid-air collision at Jervis Bay Airfield in May.
The NT coroner had previously described previous incidents involving Mount Bundey as "shambolic" and attributed some deaths to a lack of rehearsal for combat-like operations, highlighting ongoing safety concerns within the Australian Defence Force.
Written for “Australian Soldier Dies In Training E…” on 2026-10-06,
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An Australian soldier has died and five others have been injured during a training exercise in the Northern Territory (NT).
On Tuesday, the Department of Defence confirmed the incident happened on Monday at the Mount Bundey training area, about 130km (80 miles) southeast of Darwin but gave no further details.
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The area - used by the army for live fire training - is the same location where Jason Challis was killed in 2017 after he was shot in the head during an exercise.
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he → use → exercise
The department later pleaded guilty for failing to comply with workplace safety.
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department → plead → safety
Monday's incident is the second death of an Australian soldier this year after a paratrooper died after a mid-air collision during training in May.
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The department requested the privacy of the soldiers and family's affected by Monday's incident.
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department → request → incident
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the five injured soldiers had been airlifted to hospital on Monday evening, according to national broadcaster ABC.
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"The Northern Territory supported two injured evacuations by helicopter to Royal Darwin Hospital at about 7:30 last night and another three by plane at about 9:30 last night," she said.
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she → support → 9:30
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family who are obviously devastated by this loss and of course, the support of our entire community is there for all of our service personnel who will be feeling this loss immensely.
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who → devastate → loss
The ABC also reported that the NT Police Commissioner Martin Dole had sent resources to the Mount Bundey training area to help with the department's investigation into the incident.
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Commissioner → report → incident
"We can't comment on the cause of the injury to the defence personnel but we are assisting and were helping to investigate on behalf of the coroner," Dole said, according to the ABC.
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During a 2019 inquest into the death of Challis, a 25-year-old soldier from Victoria, the coroner described the training exercise as "shambolic" and that his death had been preventable.
Challis, who had less than a year's experience with the defence force, was shot in the head and knee while he stood behind a plywood wall during an urban attack exercise.
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In May this year, Lachlan Muddle - a Special Air Service Regiment soldier - died when he fell to the ground after a mid-air collision with another paratrooper at the Jervis Bay airfield in New South Wales.
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he → die → Wales
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