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Help wanted finding missing soldiers in Vietnam

03/05/201803/05/2018 Brian Hartigan 2041 Views 0 Comments repatriations, Vietnam

UNSW Canberra research project Operation Wandering Souls is calling on Australian and New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans to hand in

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Townsville overshadowed by Castle Hill. Photo by Glen McCarthy.
CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

CHAPTER 25: Goodbye Townsville

05/05/201713/07/2018 Brian Hartigan 2480 Views 0 Comments Townsville, Vietnam

Lots of things happened in our last week at Townsville. The girls from the Hong Kong Restaurant wore their uniforms,

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

Chapter 3: Ninety-Day Wonders

28/05/2016 Brian Hartigan 2771 Views 2 Comments Nasho, Vietnam

Those first few days at Kapooka are a bit of a blur now.  I was in 22 Platoon, we were

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CONTACT BLOG SPOT Ian Cavanough 

Chapter 1: One small step for a boy and one giant leap to manhood

15/05/201615/05/2016 Brian Hartigan 3687 Views 6 Comments Ian Cavanough, Vietnam

On a cold windswept train station in Cootamundra one winter’s morning in July 1969, I waited. I was beginning a

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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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Battle of Long Tan 50th Anniversary events announced

12/05/2016 Brian Hartigan 5126 Views 6 Comments Long Tan, Vietnam

Australia’s Vietnam War veterans will be honoured with a series of commemorative events this year to mark the 50th anniversary

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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.
ADF Australian News Operations Veterans 

Funding to honour Australia’s Vietnam veterans

21/04/2016 Brian Hartigan 2420 Views 0 Comments Long Tan, Vietnam

More than $388,000 has been awarded to communities across Australia to honour Vietnam veterans under the Australian Government’s Vietnam War Commemorative

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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 honours appeal

13/02/201621/04/2016 Brian Hartigan 3324 Views 5 Comments Harry Smith, Jack Kirby, Long Tan, Vietnam

The issue of recognition for Australian soldiers who fought in the Battle of Long Tan, Vietnam, is to be reviewed again

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