BREAKING NEWS: An Australian soldier, believed to be aged in his 20s, is understood to have been killed in a training exercise outside of Darwin.
It is believed the incident took place this afternoon at the Mount Bundey military live-fire training facility.
Members of the Northern Territory Police Major Crime Unit and Forensics have been sent to Mount Bundey to investigate.
NT Police confirmed that the soldier was medivaced to Royal Darwin Hospital.
“At this stage we have no further details,” police said.
Unconfirmed reports said the young soldier died from a wound to the head suffered at the training facility.
It is understood the soldier was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital.
An Australian Defence Force spokesman refused to make any comment other than to say that a statement was being prepared in response to questions put to them by the NT News.
The Mount Bundey Training Area is 75km southeast of Humpty Doo, south of the Arnhem Highway, between the Mary River and Kakadu National Park.
Previously a cattle station, the property was acquired as a training area in 1988.
United States and Singaporean forces both conduct joint tank exercises with Australian forces at Mount Bundey, which also features an Urban Operations Training Facility constructed in 2005.
The training facility has been heavily used by the US Marine Air Ground Task Force since its first deployment in 2012.
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