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The Department of Defence confirmed the incident took place yesterday. The Mount Bundey training area is used by the Australian army and its allies for live fire training."},{"type":"heading","text":"Previous fatal incident at Mount Bundey"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In 2017, Australian Army Private Jason Challis died during a live-fire training exercise at Mount Bundey. An inquest into his death in 2019 heard Private Challis was shot during an urban attack exercise. 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