4 Missing Australians in Army Helicopter Crash Identified

Four Australians feared dead in an army helicopter crash off the Queensland coast during military exercises have been identified.

Royal Australian Navy sailors from HMAS Brisbane on the bridge wing scan the horizon during search and rescue operations in the vicinity of Lindeman Island, Queensland, on July 29, 2023. AAP Image/Defence Imagery

The four missing men feared dead in an army helicopter crash have been identified.

Captain Daniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock, and Corporal Alexander Naggs were on board an MRH-90 Taipan helicopter on Friday evening when it went down into the waters off Queensland’s Hamilton Island. The men were from the Sixth Aviation Regiment based in Holsworthy Barracks in Sydney.