Thousands of police officials, friends and family will gather on Wednesday to honour the two brave Queensland police officers who were tragically gunned down at a rural property.
Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were shot dead by former school principal Nathaniel Train, his brother Gareth, and his wife Stacey, at the Train's rural property in Wieambilla, three hours west of Brisbane, last week.
Neighbour Alan Dare was also killed while fellow officers, Keely Brough and Randall Kirk, managed to make it out alive.
The Trains were later shot dead by police after engaging them in a shootout.
A state funeral service with full police honours will be held for constables Arnold and McCrow at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at 10am Queensland time.
A funeral service with full police honours will be held today for Queensland constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29
Around 8000 people are expected to attend the funeral under heavy security which includes a strict no filming rule of any members of the slain constables' families.
Free tickets were made available for those wishing to attend on Monday and the service will also be broadcast on television.
Following the ceremony, mounted police, members of the dog squad, a police pipe and drum band and officers in police cars and on motorcycles will form a guard of honour on the road outside.
Private funeral ceremonies for each of the McCrow and Arnold families will be held following the public memorial.
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