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Long Tan Cross

"OPERATION TANAGER" PIC BY CPL JASON WEEDING PIPERS AND SOLDIERS OF 6RAR PARADE BEFORE A REPLICA CROSS OF THE ONE USED IN THE 1969 VIETNAM SERVICE AS THEY AWAIT THE START OF THE LONG TAN DAY COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE HELD NEAR BALIBO, EAST TIMOR. THE PARADE CONFIGURATION RE-ENACTS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL.
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Original Long Tan Cross now at AWM

06/12/201706/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4061 Views 0 Comments Long Tan Cross

An important piece of Australia’s military history will find a new home after the Vietnamese government gifted the original Long

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"OPERATION TANAGER" PIC BY CPL JASON WEEDING PIPERS AND SOLDIERS OF 6RAR PARADE BEFORE A REPLICA CROSS OF THE ONE USED IN THE 1969 VIETNAM SERVICE AS THEY AWAIT THE START OF THE LONG TAN DAY COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE HELD NEAR BALIBO, EAST TIMOR. THE PARADE CONFIGURATION RE-ENACTS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL.
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CONFIRMED – no ANZAC Day service at Long Tan Cross

17/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4354 Views 0 Comments Long Tan Cross

The Vietnamese government has confirmed there will be no official Anzac Day commemoration at the Long Tan Cross site this

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"OPERATION TANAGER" PIC BY CPL JASON WEEDING PIPERS AND SOLDIERS OF 6RAR PARADE BEFORE A REPLICA CROSS OF THE ONE USED IN THE 1969 VIETNAM SERVICE AS THEY AWAIT THE START OF THE LONG TAN DAY COMMEMORATIVE SERVICE HELD NEAR BALIBO, EAST TIMOR. THE PARADE CONFIGURATION RE-ENACTS THAT OF THE ORIGINAL.
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Long Tan ANZAC Day service still doubtful

09/03/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4141 Views 0 Comments ANZAC Day, Long Tan Cross

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Dan Tehan today said Australians planning to visit the Long Tan Cross site in Vietnam for

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