Executive Officer HMAS Albatross, Commander Nigel Rowan RAN lays a wreath at the ‘Shark 02’ Memorial during the service to remember those lost in the Sea King helicopter crash on 2 April 2005.
In the close-knit world of Naval Aviation, April 2 is a sombre day for many personnel as they remember and reflect on the loss of nine Australian Defence Force personnel who died when Sea King helicopter ‘Shark 02’ crashed while on a humanitarian support mission on the Indonesian island of Nias in 2005.
