The soldier who was killed in a vehicle rollover during an Australian Defence Force training exercise in North Queensland has been identified as Tulsa Rumney, as investigations into the incident continue.

Paramedics were called to the crash on Hervey Range Road, west of Townsville, just before 7pm on Wednesday.

The injured Rumney was airlifted to Townsville University Hospital in a serious condition, but later succumbed to his injuries.

At a press conference in Sydney on Thursday afternoon, Brigadier Ben McLennan said Rumney had been a member of the Third Battalion, which is an armoured infantry unit.

Rumney served in the army for seven years and had trained Ukrainian soldiers during their war against Russia, McLennan said.

McLennan said state, federal and Defence investigations were

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