CSABI: In Darwin, with the support of my family, also friends, rotarians, businesspeople, I was also challengedto show some courage and have a go. He was initially not charged over the Bali attack, although he was frequently accused of being the instigator or inspirer of the attack. The broad smile on Dave Fyfes face reflects the spirit which has helped him survive and then thrive after his brush with Bali terror. I do not know for sure the source of the aforementioned money from Hambali; most probably it was from Afghanistan, that is, from Sheikh Usama bin Laden. But ultimately, it perhaps wasn't as good as it could have been. The next thing I remember is waking up in RPH about 12 days later, strapped to a bed in a crucifix position.. He was sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment. I raced outside as did everyone who was in the club to see what was going on. I'm not a racist in any shape or form. This is his story. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. The scale of the disaster meant that the Indonesian government quickly made an exception to allow foreign doctors to help at the hospital. Idris dialed the number of the Nokia to detonate the bomb at the Consulate. The door on the driver's seat was open, so I got out from there. Mr Fyfe, 33, said: "I'm at the stage where my prosthetic leg will crack before I do.". Blatantly lied to: Clarkes ex responds to cheating drama, New photos reveal damage to Great Northern Highway, Nepal finds all but one after deadly crash, Ukrainian minister among 17 killed in chopper crash at kindy, 14 dead after helicopter crashes into Kyiv childcare. The second factor that inspired the Bali bombing, which is also critical, is the communal violence that erupted in Indonesia, in Ambon in the Moluccas, and in Poso in central Sulawesi, in 1999 and 2000, where there was Christian, Muslim fighting, and Muslims were dying at Christian hands. It's difficult to get past it all. Mr Fyfe, who was 33 at the time of the attack, said he had kept a newspaper cutting from October 15 that listed patients in hospital and had the word critical next to his name. heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment. I told the family I'd be in touch and I [left]. I choose not to live in the past, but to live in the now.. Munandar is still at large. The only way you could help the injured was to put [them] on motorcycles for good Samaritans, who were taking them out. Creecy was one of the hundreds injured in Saturday's blast that left at least 187 people dead. I told the psychologist everything. The second lot were bleeding and had their clothes blown off them. To see the data you will need to Subscribe. The memorial was dedicated on 12 October 2004, the second anniversary of the attack. There were people the person in a van and a person [who] carried the device in Paddys Bar wearing the item. On the fourth anniversary of the bombings Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall unveiled a memorial in London, at the rear of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Main Building, facing St. James's Park. One Melburnian survivor of the bombings was North Melbourne AFL player Jason McCartney. We are doing this to improve the experience forour loyalreaders and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. al-Qaeda See all related content 2002 Bali Bombings, terrorist attack involving the detonation of three bombs on the Indonesian island of Bali on October 11, 2002, that killed 202 people. The militant organisation is believed to have started planning the bombing some 10 months earlier after ordering a new strategy of hitting soft targets, such as nightclubs and bars. Some were later flown to Australia for surgery or for help with specialist burn treatment. THIOLINA: After [being turned away from one hospital] an ambulance took me to the army hospital in Denpasar. 12:04pm Oct 12, 2017. ", West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023. The other boys got held up doing different stuff, including arguing with a money changer for short-changing them which potentially ended up saving their lives. Then I'd gone and fallen into that crater in the front and that's when an off duty soldier, Anthony McKay, came to my aid. I refer to him as my first angel of the night. "[39] Supreme Court judge Djoko Sarwoko, however, said a "last-minute legal challenge by the relatives of Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron will not change or delay the execution." Engineer David Fyfe was inside Paddy's Bar when the first bomb went off. In 2008, three men were executed for their role in the Bali bombings. He has a proven track record of delivering customer-focused business strategies and achieving success in the two major government trading enterprises in the energy sector, Mr Johnston said. 19m. In the interim, they treated the wounded, managed fluid resuscitation and Vij performed countless escharotomies, an emergency surgical procedure to release the constrictive effects of severely burnt skin. GREEN: This was the largest bombing I've ever attended, even today It was huge. CSABI: I've gone unconscious a couple of times and I'm crawling and I remember girls next to me, they were just like flame trees, they're on fire. So we were rotating people through there to upskill, but also to minimise the impact on the workforce. Listen. [33][34][35] On 25 October 2008, Communications and Information Minister asked the Indonesian media to stop calling the three "heroes". Despite losing a limb David refused to use a wheelchair, and is now learning to surf using a carbon fibre leg. But Amrozi's mobile phone proved to be the real catch. Money is being raised through the Dunn & Lewis Youth Development Foundation.[56][57][58]. "My leg was killing me," he said. I never did any interviews with journalists, Inever wanted to. But trying to explain [the inability to positively identify someone] to a victim's family, who are just caught up in the whole emotion, which you can fully understand, it was quite a task. Indonesian National Police had full jurisdiction over this matter. "Everybody's situation is their situation," Mr Fyfe said. An official with SANFL club Sturt), Tim Hawkins, 29 (from Hobart, a former Australian rower and brother of Olympic gold medallist Stephen Hawkins). It was just a bizarre sequence of events, he said. It was then he discovered his right leg had been removed from below the knee, that he had burns to 50 per cent of his body, and he had many shrapnel wounds. I got on with it. The Cross of Valour is the highest civilian honor and is equivalent to the Victoria Cross for Australia which is the highest military honor. The Australian, US, and many governments expressed its disappointment that the sentence was too short; in the outcome, Bashir was freed 14 June 2006 having served less than 26 months for his conspiracy,[31] and on 21 December 2006, Bashir's conviction was overturned by Indonesia's Supreme Court. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself. Idris then left the second bomber, who had only learned to drive in a straight line, to drive the minivan the short distance to the Sari Club. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. He came close to losing both legs. I just started recognising the severity of it. The recording did not however claim responsibility for the Bali attack. Get the inside scoop on every news story and connect with WAs biggest leaders. The car bomb explosion left a one metre deep crater.[8]. The memorial consists of a 1.5-metre marble globe, to represent that people from 21 countries were killed, and has 202 doves carved into it. He was singled out for praise with the award of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on 13 June 2005.[14][15]. So to see that sort of destruction was on another level. When he woke from an induced coma in Royal Perth Hospital 13 days later, the nurses told him, his right leg had been amputated just below the knee. "I got up on my first lesson, on the very last wave," he said. I tried to get out but couldn't open the left door. He is passionate about the research that the Foundation undertakes. He said he would appeal. The book, Ketika Nurani Bicara (When Conscience Speaks), tells about the bombing from the perspective of three people: a volunteer who helped evacuate a bombing victim who lost her husband in the blast; a victim who struggled to raise her children without her husband; and a terrorist who regrets his involvement in the bombing.[60]. I was informed that might have been six or seven [minutes] after the blast. The largest group among those killed were tourists from Australia with 88 fatalities. 196 Australians are confirmed to have been injured, 113 of those seriously, including: Andrew Acheson (from the Forbes Platypii) in Royal North Shore hospital, serious injury, Adrian Acheson, 27 (from Forbes), broken arm, Steven Betland, 21 (from Forbes) in Royal North Shore Hospital, burns, Glenn Dubois, 46, (from Balmain) leg and eye injuries, Simone Hanley, 28, in a critical condition at Royal Perth Hospital, Ryan James, 16 (from Sydney) in a Fremantle Hospital, discharged, Ross McKeon (from NSW) hospitalised in Australia, Joel Murchie, 32, in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Ali Sumer, 45 (from Sydney) in hospital in Adelaide with burns and a broken leg, Ertn Sumer, 41 (From Sydney) neck injuries, Kristy Webster, 15 (from Marrickville, Sydney) badly broken arm, Steven Armstrong (Melbourne AFL player) minor injuries, Vince Cuni, 28 (from Melbourne) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Rick Elliot, 38 (from Melbourne) treated in Darwin hospital for minor injuries, Angela Graham, 28 (from Melbourne) in Concorde Hospital, burns, Dale Atkin, 27 (from Hallam) in intensive care with serious burns, Lynley Huguenin, 22 (from Wantirna, Melbourne) in Alfred Hospital with severe burns and a shrapnel wound, Mick Martyn, (Kangaroos AFL player) burns, Jason McCartney, 28 (Kangaroos AFL player) in Alfred Hospital's intensive care unit with burns, Kim McKerow, 23 (from The Basin, Melbourne) burns and shrapnel injuries, Rachel Miszkowiel, 25, in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, David Robins (Melbourne AFL rookie) minor injuries, Dale Robson, 18,in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Leanne and sister Samantha Woodgate (from Melbourne) badly burnt, Tracey Ball, 31 (from Perth) in Royal Perth Hospital), stable, Megan Basioli, 15 in Royal Perth Hospital, Lee-Anne Boston, 44, in Royal Perth Hospital, Phil Britten, 22 (from Perth) in an Adelaide hospital, Aaron Cowdery, 29, in a Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Lee Fenton, 20 (from Perth) in Sir Gairdner Hospital, stable, David Fyfe, 33 (Scottish resident of WA), in Royal Perth Hospital, critical, Jade Gaffney, 17 (from Perth) Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, stable, Paul Haines, 18 (from Bunbury) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Lee Harrison (from Perth) lacerations and cuts, Stuart Henderson, 25 (from Perth) Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Melinda Kemp, 25 (from Perth) in Royal Perth Hospital, Laurie Kerr, 44 (from Perth Kingsley Cats football team) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Aaron Lindsey, 19 (from Perth) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Justin Panetta, 18 (from Bunbury) in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, discharged 16/10/02, Nadine Ramm, 16 (in Perth) in Fremantle Hospital, Adam Sanford, 19 (from Perth) in a Fremantle Hospital, discharged, Kylee Anne Smith, 30, in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Anthony Svilisich, 26, Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Tracey Thomas, 41 (from Perth) in a critical condition at Royal Perth Hospital, Connie Watson (from Perth), in Royal Perth Hospital, stable, Chad Wood, 19 (from Perth) in a Fremantle Hospital, discharged, Brendon Barry (from Brisbane) stable condition in a Bali hospital, Jodie Cearns, 35 (from Brisbane and step daughter of Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Glynis Nunn-Cearns) in intensive care in Melbourne's Alfred Hospital, Adam Devine, 21 (Southport footballer) in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Glen Forster, 35 (from the Gold Coast) Princess Alexandria Hospital, Jayson Pate (from Southport Sharks team) shrapnel wounds, Aaron Rossow, 23 (from Rockhampton) sustained burns to his limbs and back, Jake Ryan, 21 (Southport footballer) severe burns and shrapnel wound, Adam Wright (from Brisbane. HP10 9TY. [36], The Denpasar District Court, on 3 November, accepted a reprieve motion to reconsider the death sentences. The two bombsgutted nearbybuildings, engulfing the street in flamesand leaving a 1-metre-deep crater in front of the Sari Club. He also required five litres of blood to replace what he had lost and to keep him alive. * Two Australian Defence Force officers were injured, one seriously and the other has minor injuries. In 2011, Mr Fyfe graduated with a UWA Graduate Certificate in Business and is now the CEO of Synergy. She has no interest in being famous. David Fyfe came close to losing his life in the Bali bombings and still carries major physical scars. THIOLINA: Suddenly, I felt there was a really big hand taking me out of the car I'm not sure where I was taken out from, whether from the car's door or the window. He said the group had been in Bali for just two days and he and teammate Aaron Cowdery were in Paddys when hell broke loose. An aeromedical evacuation to Australia was planned involving commercial and military aircraft. And I turned around and followed him back into the Sari Club. I kept calling out for help. [When I got] to the army hospital I could hear the noise of a lot of people. First aid and burn innovations that saved lives during the Bali bombings. [5], On 9 November 2008, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Huda bin Abdul Haq were executed by firing squad on the island prison of Nusakambangan. David Fyfe was very nearly number 203. (A new bar, named "Paddy's: Reloaded", was reopened further along Legian Street). After compiling evidence on the design of the bombs, a group of AFP investigators were sent to Kerobokan prison to interview one of the bomb makersabout its construction. All of my subsequent deployments were on the disaster victim identification side. Normally, we would have gone down to Paddy's Bar there but the two officers had only just stepped off the plane, so they didn't want to. So I dragged myself out knowing I had to get to work. Weve got a newsletter for everyone. Imron and Idris dropped the motorbike at a place where it eventually attracted the attention of the caretaker. Aussies to mark bomb anniversary in Bali, Australian Times, 12 October 2010. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, " 'Bin Laden' voices new threat to Australia, "Bali bomber mastermind Dulmatin killed in shoot-out", "Collective memory and crisis: The 2002 Bali bombing, national heroic archetypes and the counter-narrative of cosmopolitan nationalism", Aspects of forensic responses to the Bali bombings, "Bali bombings: Full list of victims' names", Bali bombings: Full list of victims' names | SBS News. Its 20 years on, but I can still remember a really loud popping noise, he said. [41] In the final moment, there was no remorse or repentance, and they shouted: Allahu Akbar, or "God is great! West Australian Newspapers Limited 2023. Catch up with The Loop, Is there a safe limit of alcohol you can drink? I had this massive hard thump in my chest and I was just knocked out instantly. JONES:You don't eradicate terrorist groups completely. His remarkable resilience meant that he was determined to get the most out of life, despite his injuries. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Reuters:Darren Whiteside DW/JS/File photo, Aviation industry awaits answers why Qantas issued 'unusual' mayday alert, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says she will not seek re-election, Teenage boys charged over alleged Tara shooting to face court today, Are the climate wars really over? ERIK DE HAART, Australia survivor and member of the Coogee Dolphinsrugby league club: I was sharing a room with Shane Foley and Gerard Yeo and we got [to the hotel] about 4pm. That has not held him back; quite the contrary. In this oral history, we hear from Australian and Balinese survivors,former and current Australian Federal Police officers, a journalist and a terrorism expert. The former Scot has been running Synergy, which has more than one million customers, in an acting capacity since Mr Waters stepped down in February. But the Attorney General's office said on 1 November the execution was "very close. I gave him my mum's number. ", Indonesia's Supreme Court denied previous petitions for judicial review amid the constitutional court's dismissal of the bombers' appeals. And then I'd been informed we were being taken toSanglah Hospital. I didn't know what happened to my face, to my body, but I tried to call for help. "It was an emotional moment, the moment when I accepted my leg was gone. David Fyfe is linked to 15 organisations which are included in 3 lists - Charitable Organisations, Utilities and Public Infrastructure and State Government Businesses. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 23 Britons, and people of more than 20 other nationalities). Data & Insights is Western Australia's most accurate and comprehensive business listings and searchable database. I wasn't involved in that part of it, but I know a lot of my colleagues that I've spoken to during the investigation and since were travelling to all different parts of Indonesia at the time to suspected bomb-making or actual bomb-making factories. That can only be in a war and Indonesia is not at war."[47]. They saved my life, words are never enough, he said. I remember waking up 12 days after Bali no idea what had happened, Mr Fyfe said. * An injured person aboard an RAAF Hercules evacuation flight died en route to Darwin on Sunday night. Then I was on a stretcher on a tarmac there in Denpasar, and we're on a Hercules jet bound for Darwin. Many severely injured Australians did survive, due to early interventions, but not everyone made it and Dr Pethick had a critical role in speaking with their families at that dark time. Bags of chemical ingredients for bombs were found in his workshop and soil samples taken from outside his home showed traces of the primary chemical used in the Sari Club bomb. And I just did whatever I could. The response to a big new policy last week provides some clues, Young farmer's emotional thanks to heroes who saved her life, Acid spread around Sydney home after stabbing death, 'Take cover, hide': Ukrainian dad describes reaction after helicopter crashes into son's kindergarten, George Floyd's killer appeals murder conviction, Elon Musk auctions Twitter's furniture, an awkward tennis win. And they were just interacting and sort of trying to joke around [in]the way most of the other Indonesians I had interacted with at that time [did]. Kuta Karnival is conducted to commemorate and give respect to the victims of human violence and show the world the true spirit of local community survival despite terrorism attacks. So it enables the translation of the global jihad to a local context. It was Fiona Wood who did it. He is in American custody in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He denied self-pity when it came knocking after the doctors at Royal Perth Hospital told him he had burns to more than 50 per cent of his body and had received extensive skin grafts. Cookies help us improve your website experience. We had a quick swim, got ready, went to a place for dinner and then made our way to the Sari Club. They didn't look evil, they didn't have shark-like eyes. It was months after the October 2002 terror attacks, when he was finally discharged from hospital and returned to his Perth home, that the Scottish migrant sat on his couch and did something he had never done before and would never do again. Idris then rode the motorbike as Imron drove two suicide bombers in the Mitsubishi to the nightclub district in Kuta. And Gary Nash continues to thank the lady who saved him. I'm acutely aware of my surroundings, I don't feel the same when I'm in airports, and don't feel as secure on public transport a lot. Others involved in planning or carrying out the plot have been sentenced to time in prison or have died in the years since the bombing. The environment was one of extremely limited equipment and resources but enormous human spirit. The whole nightclub was engulfed in flames. With a grin, Mr Fyfe said his 14-year-old son Liam, his "little mate", seemed proud of his old man's recovery, and liked to tell the tale. People don't get closure. [26], On 13 June 2007, it was reported that Abu Dujana, who might have headed a terrorist cell in Bali, was captured.[27]. The University of Western Australia is offering more courses than ever before. I grabbed notebooks and pens and phone and water. I don't know why you would expect them to look different from a normal human. 'Help, help.' It was very colourful and noisy and warm in Kuta. Imron used the motorbike to plant the small bomb outside the U.S. Consulate. At 11:05 pm a suicide bomb exploded in Paddy's Bar, a locale frequented by foreigners, especially Australian youth. And they [applied tourniquets] I'd looked down at [my] leg and I looked at my foot. Imam Samudra, Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Ghufron were executed by firing squad after midnight on 9 November 2008 (West Indonesian time). After it was announced, Polri monitored the sudden flurry of communications among numbers listed in Amrozi's telephone before the calls abruptly ceased. "This is how I dealt with mine. Personally, I was angry that these people that we were talking to were the alleged perpetrators of this terrible, terrible crime. His account of the bombing, his struggle to overcome his horrific injuries and the work of Fiona Wood in saving his life, graphically demonstrated the great work the Foundation has already done and why FPA . A fourth accused, Ali Ghufron, the brother-in-law of Noordin Mohammed Top was sentenced to death on 1 October. All the other doctors had taken a break. She . I grew up in a Catholic family and I crossed myself. The Mitsubishi L300 van bomb was initially thought to have consisted of C4, a military grade plastic explosive which is difficult to obtain. Bali bombings hero Fiona Wood: the next frontier in burns treatment Her spray-on skin made her a household name after the Bali bombings. He is a survivor of the 2002 Bali bombings which claimed the lives of over 200 people including 88 Australians. David Fyfe was featured in 2022 in the Energy section. Credit: Supplied A survivor of the Bali bombings 20 years ago has been tapped as the new boss of State-owned electricity retailer Synergy. A Seconds from Disaster episode, "Bali Bombings", was a documentary telling the story of what happened, and looking at what happened after the incident. Three terrorists were executed. David Ure was on his first trip overseas when he became one of the hundreds of tourists caught up in the 2002 Bali bombings. Amrozi's brother, Ali Imron, who had expressed remorse for his part in the bombing, was sentenced to life imprisonment on 18 September. I can still picture that day. But keeping his path clear of any victims mentality has been the key to surging positively into his new lifes chapter. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Umar Patek was finally arrested in Abbottabad, Pakistan in early 2011. All Australian jurisdictions abolished the death penalty more than 30 years ago, but a poll[32] showed that 77% of Australians approved of the death sentence for Amrozi. Get the news you want delivered to your inbox. [44][45] Indonesian singer and TV presenter Dorce Gamalama attended the funeral of Imam Samudra. There were so many people injured by the explosion that some of the injured had to be placed in hotel pools near the explosion site to ease the pain of their burns. Bali bombing survivor Dave Fyfe while in a coma at Royal Perth Hospital. Eddie McGuire on Nine Network's television call of McCartney's return after the bombings (North Melbourne vs. Richmond, Round 11, 2003)[49]. On the northern side of Coogee Beach a memorial to the Bali bombing victims comprises three interlocking bronze shapes that have an abstract resemblance to three bowed figures supporting each other. Sometimes in life, the scars you have are a representation of some of the things youve gone through and Im very comfortable with my scarring. A bronze plaque lists the names of the 88 Australians who died in the bombings. I couldn't tell you if they are male or female, child or whatever. Not quite ready to subscribe? I started writing furiously. I accepted it and owned it. And thank god, it was true, I felt healthier. General Pastika ordered his men to make the arrest early the next morning, November. GREEN:I was simply going along to video and audio record the interview itself. I felt that I was on the pavement. The remainder of the explosive material, in my opinion, definitely degraded violently. There was just bodies lying around on the ground People are staggering helping other people stagger out. I've got my life back. Amanda Hooton October 1, 2022 Mr Fyfe recently returned to Bali for the first time since the bombings. By then, his leg had been amputated just below the knee by burns surgeon Fiona Wood, who was named Australian of the Year in 2005 for her work in caring for the Bali bombing survivors. The blasts at two bars packed with tourists on the holiday island killed 202 people from 21 nations in Indonesia's deadliest militant attack. DE HAART: I started making my way down Poppies Laneand, as I got closer to the front, there were people running, getting away from the flames. "I'm still trying to determine whether I walked out into the second blast," Mr Fyfe said. Energy Minister Bill Johnston said Mr Fyfes experience across WA places him in a strong position for the challenges and opportunities he will face, as we progress towards a low-carbon, renewable energy future. Access to our data for David Fyfe is only available to paid subscribers with Data & Insights access. I started getting healthier, fitter. There will always be small, independent cellssome of whom are not particularly well informed that continue to believe that they have a mission. On their arrival to Sanglah hospital it became clear that adequate treatment for those severely injured had to be sought elsewhere. Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours. HAMMING: All [the] information that comes through from investigations, and witnesses and so on, becomes critical to start refining the hypothesis and ultimately it became clear that they were, in fact, suicide bombs. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. It was alleged that he tried to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state. The car was in flames. She sat me there, gave me water. That hand took me out and put me down. Mr Fyfe regarded himself and his friends as extraordinarily lucky, but retained powerful memories of the night that hospitalised him for two months. To know that 202 people died in a single location was definitely sobering. However, investigators discovered the bomb was made from potassium chlorate, aluminium powder, and sulfur. [4], Various members of Jemaah Islamiyah, a violent Islamist group, were convicted in relation to the bombings, including three individuals who were sentenced to death. Mr Fyfe, now the chief executive of Synergy, was just metres from the suicide bomber who detonated his bomb inside Paddys Bar at the start of the 2002 Bali attack. About 103 Australians remain unaccounted for including: Debbie Borgia, 45 and daughter Abbey, 13 (from Tempe), Steve Buchan, 47 and his wife Geraldine, 46 (from Chifley), Paul Cronin, 31 (from the Forbes Platypii rugby union club), Billy Hardy, 20 (from Tweed Heads, member of Southport Sharks football team and brother of Big Brother housemate Jessica), Dimmy Kotronakis, 27 and sister Elizabeth, 33 (from Blacktown), Lynette McKeon, 46 and her daughter Marissa, 14 (from Kincumber), Brad Ridley, 32 (from the Forbes Platypii), Greg Sanderson, 24 (from the Forbes Platypii), Charles Van Renen, 26 (Sydney, lived in Hong Kong), Shane Walsh-Till, 32 (from Leeton in the Riverina), Six officials and family involved in the South Sydney Juniors Rugby League Club, Stacey Lee, 30, her husband Justin Lee, 31 and Aaron Lee, 33 (all from Geelong), Matthew Bolwerk, 27 (from Secret Harbour, south of Perth), Jenny and Jane Corteen, 39 (twins from Perth), Dean Gallagher, 19 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Byron Hancock, 22 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Nicole Harrison, 29 (from Mandurah, south of Perth), Gary Nash (from Perth) in Royal Brisbane Hospital, David Ross, 20 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Anthony Stewart, 29 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Jason Stokes, 31 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club), Jonathon Wade, 21 (from Perth, member of Kingsley football club). 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