You are listening to POSTCARDS FROM SAIGON by James Blundell
The CD/DVD Set is available
from our New South Wales Branch Dr Hollis' Report on Aged Care for
Veterans 2005
On line Vietnam Nominal Roll. Please
send your complaints to DVA
2006 Mortality and Cancer Incidence Study
here
Research on Friendly Fire to Assist Aussie Diggers
Vietnam veteran Dr Bob Hall's research
project on "friendly fire" incidents which may not have
been reported because there were no casualties. Your help
might assist in reducing the risk for today's Australian
soldiers. More info here.
The Special Rate of Pension - a Model
The VVAA model for revision of the Special Rate (T & PI)
of Pension can be viewed here.
This article by Linda Cox from Western Australia will help to
explain about spina bifida, and gives practical and helpful hints
to parents and teachers that will make life much easier for
children suffering from this disease.
eBooks
The VVAA is now an affiliate of eBooks.com International Pty
Ltd, and receives a commission for book sales made as a result of
web browsers visiting this site, then linking to the eBooks site
to make the purchase. The commission assists us in
maintaining this site and other activities assisting veterans.
Formation of HQ Company, 1 ATF
Association (Nui Dat)
Following a large reunion of HQ Coy, 1 ATF personnel at
Sawtell Beach Caravan Park during the week of Vietnam Veterans
Remembrance/Long Tan Day, August 2000, the formation of a HQ
Company, 1 ATF Association was actively supported. All those
Vietnam Veterans who served in HQ Coy, 1 ATF, Nui Dat and D&E
platoon, Nui Dat, who are interested in joining this Association
are invited to contact Eddie Tricker by one of the
following means. By letter to Box 5147, Studfield Post Office,
Wantirna South, Victoria, 3152; by telephone on (03) 9801 7586 or
by e-mail to etricker*ozemail.com.au
Australian Vietnam
Veterans Mortality Listing Web Site (Unfortunately this link is
no longer available)
This site contains a detailed database listing names of
veterans who have passed away since return from Vietnam. As
successive Governments over many years have tended to ignore the
sad effects of war, we feel it is important to ascertain and
classify causes of death for Vietnam Veterans.
The list is as complete as we have been able to make it, and
contains over 3000 names. However, there are sure to be names
missing. Please contact us if you have any information at all
that may help to make the list complete. Deaths reported
through the VVAA Report of the Death of a
Vietnam Veteran will be forwarded to this site.
The bursary has been established to help needy children of
Vietnam veterans meet the cost of full-time tertiary education
and help them get the formal qualifications and skills needed to
pursue their chosen career. For more information, go to the
hyperlinked DVA site.
If you are a member of the VVAA, or if you simply like what
you see and want to help us continue to help others, you can make
a donation to the VVAA. Click on the hyperlinked heading!
You can join the Association as a member of our remote and
overseas members' Virtual
Sub Branch. You must be a veteran or the descendent of
a veteran - and we will check! Pay dues electronically,
and receive information via email. This service was established
due to the number of enquiries we receive from the United States
and remote areas of Australia.
What does it cost? About $US12 per year!
Exact cost depends on the exchange rate between the US and Aussie
dollars.
Next Generation
The children of Vietnam veterans, the Next
Generation are mobilising to share information,
experiences and help one another. For those in the Lismore
area, Hunter, Central Coast and the Taree/ Manning, contact Rae Phelps.
Victoria has a
Families Sub-Branch, while those in other states should contact
the relevant State Branch.
Australian War Memorial Jennifer Coombes, the Curator of
Private Records at the War Memorial is keen to acquire more personal records of
Australian Servicemen in Vietnam. Contact Jennifer on (02) 6243 4556 or (02)
6243 4835 or Email her by clicking on her name
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