Slain soldiers' solemn journey home

News PREMIER Anna Bligh and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan brought kind thoughts of many Australians, with them at the funeral for Corporal Ashley Birt.

News GYMPIE Regional councillors joined hundreds of soldiers to pay tribute to Gympie boy Ashley Birt, who was gunned down in Afghanistan 11 days previously.

News THE body of fallen Gympie soldier, Corporal Ashley Birt, has been formally received on Australian soil.

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News CORPORAL Ashley Birt has begun his last long journey home to Gympie, after a moving memorial service in Afghanistan.

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