The body of an SAS solider killed in Afghanistan last Friday has arrived in New Zealand.
Corporal Doug Grant, 41, a member of the Special Air Service team, was shot trying to rescue people from British Council office during a Taliban attack in the capital Kabul.
[image:2862:half:right]A private service was held at Papakura Military Camp in Auckland on Thursday where the SAS is based, the Defence Force says.
Corporal Grant was then accompanied by his family and colleagues to Ohakea Air Base. He was met by senior members of the New Zealand Defence Force where a ramp ceremony was held.
The body will be taken to Linton Army Camp where it will lie in state at the weekend before a full military funeral service on Monday.
The Defence Force says Corporal Grant had served in the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment and Royal New Zealand Engineers before joining the SAS.
He had been a soldier for 21 years and had served twice in East Timor, once in the former Yugoslavia and was on his second deployment to Afghanistan.
