Twelve Singapore Armed Forces ( SAF ) servicemen were taken to a hospital in , Australia , on , Sept 24, following an accident during a military exercise there.
Singapore ‘s , Defence Ministry , said in a statement late on , Sept 24 , that a Hunter armoured fighting vehicle rear-ended another at about , 7.40pm , ( local time ) while moving back to base at the , Shoalwater Bay Training Area.
The education area is located in , Queensland.
” Twelve SAF soldiers sustained non-serious wounds, and they have been transported to the hospital. According to the government, they are already receiving treatment or recovering well.
” The health and well-being of our people is of paramount importance. The army has requested a security delay to remind drivers to keep a proper distance.
A , Queensland Ambulance Service , spokeswoman told Australian media outlet The Courier-Mail that it was alerted to the accident at , 8.30pm , ( local time ) and the injured were airlifted to , Rockhampton Airport , and transported to , Rockhampton Base Hospital.
About 6, 200 workers are participating in Exercise Wallaby from , Sept 8 to Nov 3.
The Hunter is the Hunter’s second ever punitive international workout for the SAF, making it the largest unilateral exercise in the nation.
Launched in 2019, the Hunter has a team of three — the vehicle captain, gunner and the driver — and can have eight different soldiers.
It was directly designed and developed by the , Defence Science and Technology Agency , with the , Singapore Army , and ST Engineering.
The Hunter is the alternative for the , Singapore Army ‘s , Ultra M113 equipped fighting car.
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