Aussie servicewoman to return home to bushfire devastated farm after 30 years with air force

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Aussie servicewoman to return home to bushfire devastated farm after 30 years with air force
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'She's coming home to absolute devastation.' 9News

"When she left, the property was green, right after the tens of thousands of dollars we spent on the cottage and the home and she's coming home to black and I don't know how she'll take it."After years on the move living in almost every state in Australia, the couple decided to purchase the farm so they could run their apiary and enjoy the peaceful lifestyle when Mrs Murtagh ended her deployment.

While in Afghanistan, Mrs Murtagh had limited means of communication with her husband and family back home. As an avid animal enthusiast, Mrs Murtagh fell in love with the property that always had an abundance of bird life, wombats and kangaroos that would visit each day and despite being in Afghanistan, she made sure to contact her husband and encourage him to assist"It broke my heart, I had to shoot some of the animals coming out of the bush all burnt."I've never heard an animal scream in pain, I didn't know they did that, it was horrible.

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