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3 unusual facts about Jacob Kovco


Jacob Kovco

Chief of Defence Force Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, Chief of Army Lieutenant General Peter Leahy, then Defence Minister Brendan Nelson and Australian Attorney-General Philip Ruddock.

According to PTE Ray Johnson, one of the two men with Kovco at the time of the shooting, "Dreams" by The Cranberries was playing on an mp3 player and Kovco stood at his bunk bed typing on his laptop while the men laughed and mimicked the lead singer Dolores O'Riordan.

A funeral service for the dead soldier was held on Tuesday, 2 May in the town hall of his home town of Briagolong, and was attended by several hundred mourners including the Prime Minister and Defence Minister, a large 3RAR presence led by its Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Mick Mumford, and a significant media contingent.



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