Bali bomb victims mourned in Adelaide

12 Oct 2012, 4:00 pm   -   Source: AAP

A memorial service in Adelaide for Bali bombing victims has heard the impact of the attack is still raw for the bereaved family of footballer Josh Deegan.

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The Bali bombing that turned a tropical paradise into a battlefield and sent shockwaves across Australia still feels raw for the bereaved.

Three South Australians were among the more than 200 people who died in the attack 10 years ago - Sturt footballer Josh Deegan, Sturt Football Club official Bob Marshall and 19-year-old Angela Golotta, who was holidaying with her family.

"It wiped out innocent people who were doing just a very Australian thing - having a good time," the Reverend Brenton Daulby told a memorial service in Adelaide.

"With that bombing the ease and the comfort that had developed over three decades of holidaymaking were shattered, replaced by a terrible reminder that engagement involves risks as well as rewards."

About 200 people gathered at the memorial service at St Augustine's church on Friday to mourn the dead and to remember the injured.

After the service the gathering walked about a kilometre to lay wreaths at a memorial garden alongside Unley Oval, Sturt's home ground.

Nick Deegan, brother of Josh, said his family's loss still felt raw and it was hard to believe a decade had passed since the attack.

"It feels like it was only yesterday," he said.

"You learn to live with what's happened, you acclimatise and adjust.

"But I guess on a day like today it's still a little bit raw."

Fellow Sturt footballer Julian Burton survived the bombing and said the recovery had not been easy, but he still felt lucky to be alive.

"I've been very fortunate to have been surrounded by wonderful people," he said.

"I'm a story of luck, a story of gratitude. I'm just a very lucky person to be here today."

Among others at the ceremony in Adelaide were South Australian Governor Kevin Scarce, SA Premier Jay Weatherill and Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond.

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