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Brave Ayr frontline medic killed in Iraq rocket attack

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A brave medic soldier helping to train others to save lives has been killed in Iraq.Reservist Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon, of Ayr, was killed alongside two US soldiers in a brutal rocket attack launched by Iranian militia on a coalition base north of Baghdad.The 26-year-old former Belmont Academy pupil was killed when 18 rockets struck the Camp Taji base on Wednesday night.Her death marks the first British female soldier to be killed in Operation Shader- the British non-combat mission to train Iraqi troops how to fight and save lives.Devastated colleagues of the Combat Medical Technician poured praise on her dedication, describing her as “larger than life.”Her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel William Leek, said: “LCpl Brodie Gillon

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