Major General Garth Gould

After successfully opening their parachutes, what we know of the incident suggests that both paratroopers collided several hundred feet above the ground whilst they were maneuvering towards the drop zone.

After the collision, both soldiers fell from height.

One soldier, a sergeant from the Australian Defence Force Parachute School, survived the fall with minor injuries.

The second soldier,

Warrant Officer Lachlan Muddle received fatal injuries as a result of the fall.