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Rachael Ward

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Almost 6000 submissions to defence royal commission - Caught on Camera

Almost 6000 submissions were made to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Almost 6000 current and former defence members, their family members and experts have made submissions to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. 

There were at least 1600 deaths by suicide within the defence community between 1997 and 2020, about 20 times the number killed in active duty over the same period. 

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