NSW: Chopper crash family pays tribute to "fantastic father"

AAP General News (Australia)
04-04-2005
NSW: Chopper crash family pays tribute to "fantastic father"

(EDS: Corrects spelling of Scott Bennet's surname on updated information from the family)





The widow of Leading Seaman SCOTT BENNET, who was killed in the Navy helicopter which
crashed in Indonesia, has appeared before the media to pay tribute to her husband, but
she was too distraught to speak.

In a statement read by a family friend, TERREN BENNET says SCOTT's carefree nature,
his love of life and many other qualities made him a loving husband and a fantastic father
to their two young children.

The 36-year-old from Tomerong, south of Nowra, was one of nine Australian Defence Force
personnel killed in the crash on the Indonesian island of Nias on Saturday night.

The family say his sons, nine-year-old COURTNEY and seven-year-old JARROD, were proud
of their dad and the example he set them.

They say their thoughts are with the other families who also lost loved ones.

Leading Seaman BENNET joined the Navy in 1999 and graduated in August 2003 to join
the 817-Squadron based at Nowra.

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KEYWORD: CHOPPER BENNET (TOMERONG)

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