Soldier with PTSD was drinking during ops

By Tiffanie Turnbull
Updated August 3 2021 - 5:45pm, first published 5:40pm
The inquest into a PTSD-suffering soldier's death has heard evidence from an army chaplain.
The inquest into a PTSD-suffering soldier's death has heard evidence from an army chaplain.

A soldier deployed to Iraq despite the army's knowledge of his poor mental health, substance abuse and violent tendencies had smuggled alcohol onto a base in mouthwash bottles, an inquest has heard.

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