Sunday, August 15, 2010

Australia honors Vietnam Veterans

Day to honour Vietnam veterans

A SERVICE will be held at Warwick's Cenotaph on Wednesday, to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day.

All war veterans, their families, friends and members of the public are invited to attend the service which will include a catafalque party from the Warwick Cadet Unit, playing of the Last Post and Reveille and a wreath-laying ceremony.

Veterans and visitors should be at the Cenotaph in Leslie Park at 10.45am on Wednesday in order to take part in the proceedings.

Australia lost 521 men, killed during the Vietnam War between 1962 and 1972, three of whom came from Warwick.

The Vietnam War was the first war to which the Australian Government sent conscripts and 210 of them were killed.
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Day to honour Vietnam veterans

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