Undisclosed witness account in Report of Court of Inquiry into Crash of Army Aircraft A-14 702 at RAAF Base Pt Cook Wednesday 7 December 83
Dear Department of Defence,
I am the next of kin of the pilot, my husband Captain David Groves, who died in this crash. I have held a copy of this Report for many years and feel as the 40th anniversary approaches, it is time I had full access to withheld information. I am informed the Series number of the item I seek is J1638. I refer to Annex K which had been withheld from the Report. Many thanks,
Yours faithfully,
Linda Groves
OFFICIAL
Dear Linda
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Kathryn
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-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Groves <[3][FOI #10033 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2023 5:15 PM
To: FOI requests at Defence <[4][Defence request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Undisclosed witness account in
Report of Court of Inquiry into Crash of Army Aircraft A-14 702 at RAAF
Base Pt Cook Wednesday 7 December 83
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Dear Department of Defence,
I am the next of kin of the pilot, my husband Captain David Groves, who
died in this crash. I have held a copy of this Report for many years and
feel as the 40th anniversary approaches, it is time I had full access to
withheld information. I am informed the Series number of the item I seek
is J1638. I refer to Annex K which had been withheld from the Report. Many
thanks,
Yours faithfully,
Linda Groves
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Dear Linda
I refer to the email correspondence below. Thank you for sending your
Freedom of Information request directly to the Department of Defence
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Defence now considers your request via the Right to Know website to be
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Management/'[FOI #10033 email]' - Freedom of
Information request - Undisclosed witness account in Report of Court of
Inquiry into Crash of Army Aircraft A-14 702 at RAAF Base Pt Cook
Wednesday 7
OFFICIAL
Dear Linda
Thank you for your email below requesting access under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982.
I note you are requesting personal information via the Right to Know
website. Details from the [2]Right to Know website advises ‘If you'd like
to request personal information you can do so privately by asking the
public authority directly.’ The reason for this is requests made using
Right to Know are publicly visible.
Grateful if you can please direct your Freedom of Information request to
[3][email address].
In addition, please confirm you wish to withdraw your Right to Know
request.
Please contact me know if you would like to discuss.
Thank you and regards
Kathryn
Assistant Director Freedom of Information
Media and Information Disclosure Branch
Ministerial & Executive Coordination and Communication Division
Tel: 02 6132 7927
-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Groves <[4][FOI #10033 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2023 5:15 PM
To: FOI requests at Defence <[5][Defence request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Undisclosed witness account in
Report of Court of Inquiry into Crash of Army Aircraft A-14 702 at RAAF
Base Pt Cook Wednesday 7 December 83
EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click any links or open any attachments unless you
trust the sender and know the content is safe.
Dear Department of Defence,
I am the next of kin of the pilot, my husband Captain David Groves, who
died in this crash. I have held a copy of this Report for many years and
feel as the 40th anniversary approaches, it is time I had full access to
withheld information. I am informed the Series number of the item I seek
is J1638. I refer to Annex K which had been withheld from the Report. Many
thanks,
Yours faithfully,
Linda Groves
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be delayed.
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manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.
IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
Unauthorised communication and dealing with the information in the email
may be a serious criminal offence. If you have received this email in
error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email
immediately.
IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Department of Defence.
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may be a serious criminal offence. If you have received this email in
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