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Added At:  2012-02-08 8:57 AM

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Courtesy: British Forces News

Lance Corporal Gajbahadur Gurung who received a fatal gunshot wound in Afghanistan last month..

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KATHMANDU: The body of a Nepali Gurkha soldier killed in Afghanistan has been repatriated to the UK on Tuesday, British Forces News confirmed.

Lance Corporal Gajbahadur Gurung, from 1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, was shot while on foot patrol in the Khar Nikah region of the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province in Afghanistan last month.

After a private ceremony at RAF Brize Norton, the cortege made its way to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford via the Memorial Garden.

Lance Corporal Gurung was born in Majthana, Nepal, on 16 October 1985, and was brought up and educated in Pokhara before joining 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles and serving both in Brunei and the UK.

He leaves behind his wife Manisha, father Gum Bahadur, mother Lekh Maya, his brother Buddha and sister Junu.

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Posted on: 2012-02-09 21:37:19

its sad to hear when someone is killed. but, after all, he chose to be a mercenary for better salary/pound. R.I.P roshan sharma, pokhara

Posted on: 2012-02-08 09:16:45

How long will the EGO of a certain person continue to take the lives of our young soldiers. What wrong had he done to die so young leaving behind his unfullfilled dreams and leaving his family in endless sorrow and pain. Please leaders of the WORLD Please please please STOP WAR ! LET PEACE BE THE ONLY WAY TO NEGOTIATE ANY PROBLEM ! Aasha Lama, Mandikatar, Kathmandu

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