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Vietnam repatriation

Australian Defence Force personnel from Australia’s Federation Guard carry the coffins of the 33 Australian service personnel and dependants from a Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster aircraft during the repatriation ceremony at RAAF Base Richmond in Sydney on Thursday, 02 June 2016.
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33 Australians repatriated from ‘half way home’

02/06/201609/06/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8848 Views 8 Comments Vietnam repatriation, Vietnam veterans

RAAF Base Richmond was today the scene of the mass repatriation of 33 Australians, including 25 servicemen – 22 of

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Onlookers pay respects as two caskets are carried to waiting hearses during the repatriation of two Australian servicemen missing from the Vietnam War. Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver failed to return from a routine bombing mission on 3 November 1970. They were recovered in thick jungle in an rugged, remote and sparsely populated area of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, near the Laotian border, and repatriated to Australia in 2009. Photo by Leading Aircraftwoman Amanda Campbell.
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33 Australians will be welcomed home on 2 June

30/05/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4691 Views 5 Comments Vietnam repatriation

Australia will welcome home 33 Australian service personnel and dependents on 2 June in one of the largest single military

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