Since 2002, 42 Australians have been killed while serving in Afghanistan: 41 with the Australian Defence Force and one with the British Armed Forces.

February 16, 2002

Sergeant Andrew Russell, 33, was killed when the vehicle in which he was travelling struck a landmine in southern Afghanistan.

October 9, 2007

Trooper David Pearce, 41, was killed in roadside bomb attack in Uruzgan province.

October 25, 2007

Sergeant Matthew Locke, 33, from the Special Air Service Regiment was killed by Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province.

November 23, 2007

Private Luke Worsley, 26, from 4RAR commando unit was killed in a battle with Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province.

April 27, 2008

Lance Corporal Jason Marks, 27, from 4RAR commando unit was killed in a battle with Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province.

July 8, 2008

Signaller Sean McCarthy, 25, from the Special Air Service Regiment, was killed after being wounded by an improvised explosive device.

November 27, 2008

Lieutenant Michael Fussell, 25, from the 4th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Uruzgan province.

December 17, 2008

Rifleman Stuart Nash, 21, was killed in combat while serving with the British Army in Helmand Province.

January 4, 2009

Private Gregory Michael Sher, 30, from the 1st Commando Regiment, was killed as a result of indirect rocket attack in Uruzgan province.

March 16, 2009

Corporal Mathew Hopkins, 21, a member of the Mentoring and Reconstruction Taskforce, was killed in firefight with Taliban near Tarin Kowt.

March 19, 2009

Sergeant Bret Till, 31, from the Incident Response Regiment, was killed while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device.

July 19, 2009

Private Benjamin Ranaudo, 22, was killed when a bomb went off as he and a fellow solder searched a compound north of Tarin Kowt.

June 7, 2010

Sapper Jacob Moerland, 21, of the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) while on a foot patrol in Uruzgan province.

June 7, 2010

Sapper Darren Smith, 26, of the 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) while on a foot patrol in Uruzgan province.

June 21, 2010

Private Benjamin Chuck from the 2nd Commando Regiment died when the helicopter he was on crashed on its way to a mission south of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt.

June 21, 2010

Private Timothy Aplin from the 2nd Commando Regiment died when the helicopter he was on crashed on its way to a mission south of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt.

June 21, 2010

Private Scott Palmer from the 2nd Commando Regiment died when the helicopter he was on crashed on its way to a mission south of the Australian base at Tarin Kowt.

July 9, 2010

Private Nathan Bewes from the 6th Battalion, Australian Royal Regiment, was killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Chora Valley region of Uruzgan province.

August 14, 2010

Trooper Jason Thomas Brown, 29, from the Special Air Service Regiment died after being shot during an engagement with insurgents.

August 20, 2010

Private Tomas Dale, 21, from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Baluchi Valley.

August 20, 2010

Private Grant Kirby, 35, from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment was killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in the Baluchi Valley.

August 24, 2010

Lance Corporal Jared MacKinney, 28, from the 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, was killed during an intense firefight with Taliban insurgents in the Deh Rawud region.

February 2, 2011

Corporal Richard Atkinson, 22, from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, was killed by an improvised explosive device blast during a patrol in the Deh Rawud region.

February 20, 2011

Sapper Jamie Larcombe, 21, from the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, was killed during an engagement with insurgents in the Mirabad Valley region of Uruzgan Province.

May 24, 2011

Sergeant Brett Wood, 32, was killed by an improvised explosive device. Sergeant Wood had served in Bougainville, East Timor and Iraq, and was on his third deployment to Afghanistan.

May 30, 2011

Lance Corporal Andrew Jones, 25, from the 9th Force Support Battalion was shot by a rogue Afghan soldier at a patrol base in the Chora Valley.

May 30, 2011

Lieutenant Marcus Case, 27, from the Sydney-based 6th Aviation Regiment, died in a Chinook helicopter crash east of Tarin Kowt.

June 7, 2011

Sapper Rowan Robinson, 23, a combat engineer serving with the Special Operations Task Group, was shot and killed by insurgents during a mission in northern Helmand.

July 4, 2011

An experienced commando who was on his fifth deployment to Afghanistan, Sergeant Todd Langley was shot and killed during a firefight with insurgents in Helmand province. Sergeant Langley was from the Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment.

August 22, 2011

Private Matthew Lambert, 26, from the Townsville-based 2nd Battalion RAR, was killed by a suspected IED blast while on a night patrol with the Afghan National Army, 85 kilometres north-east of Tarin Kot. He joined the Army in 2005, served in East Timor in 2009 and received a number of military honours.

October 29, 2011

Corporal Ashley Birt, 22, was shot dead by an Afghan soldier after a routine military parade in the southern province of Kandahar. He was from the Brisbane-based 1st Topographical Survey Squadron.

October 29, 2011

Lance Corporal Luke Gavin, 27, was shot dead by an Afghan soldier after a routine military parade in the southern province of Kandahar. He was from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR) based in Townsville.

October 29, 2011

Captain Bryce Duffy, 26, was shot dead by an Afghan soldier after a routine military parade in the southern province of Kandahar. He was from the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery (RAA) based in Townsville.

July 2, 2012

Sergeant Blaine Diddams, killed in Afghanistan on July 2, 2012.

Sergeant Blaine Diddams, 40, died after being shot in the chest while on a mission to target an insurgent commander in Uruzgan's Chora Valley. He was on his seventh tour to Afghanistan and was a member of the Perth-based Special Air Service Regiment.

August 29, 2012

Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic

Lance Corporal Stjepan Milosevic was killed along with two of his comrades in an 'insider' attack by a rogue Afghan soldier at Patrol Base Wahab in the Baluchi Valley region of Uruzgan. He was deployed to Afghanistan with the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Task Group and was from the 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment, Queensland Mounted Infantry, based in Brisbane. Lance Corporal Milosevic is survived by his wife and their two children.

August 29, 2012

Sapper James Martin

Sapper James Martin, 21, was killed along with two of his comrades in an 'insider' attack by a rogue Afghan soldier at Patrol Base Wahab in the Baluchi Valley region of Uruzgan. He was on his first operational deployment as part of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Task Group. He was a Sapper from the Brisbane-based 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment.

August 29, 2012

Private Robert Poate

Private Robert Poate was killed along with two of his comrades in an 'insider' attack by a rogue Afghan soldier at Patrol Base Wahab in the Baluchi Valley region of Uruzgan. He was a member of the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment Task Group and was from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR), based in Brisbane, Queensland.

August 30, 2012

Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald

Lance Corporal Mervyn McDonald, 30, from the Special Operations Task Group died when an International Security Assistance Force helicopter crashed in Helmand Province. He is survived by his fiancée Rachael.

August 30, 2012

Private Nathanael Galagher

Private Nathanael Galagher, 23, from the Special Operations Task Group died when an International Security Assistance Force helicopter crashed in Helmand Province. Private Galagher is survived by his partner Jessie.

October 22, 2012

Corporal Scott James Smith, 24, from the Special Operations Engineer Regiment based at Holsworthy in Sydney, was killed by an improvised explosive device during a mission to target insurgents in southern Afghanistan.

June 22, 2013

Corporal Cameron Stewart Baird MG, 32, a Special Forces soldier from the Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment, was killed in action by small arms fire during an engagement with insurgents in Afghanistan.

July 1, 2014

LCPL Todd John Chidgey ( ADF )

Lance Corporal Todd John Chidgey, 29, a Special Forces soldier from the Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment, died from a gunshot wound sustained in a non-combat-related incident at the ADF Headquarters in Kabul.