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Veteran remembers fallen mates after service

When veteran John English pauses to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice, more than just faceless men and women...

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25th April 2020 4:04 PM

Vietnam veterans John English and Alan Chandler during the Anzac Day commemoration in Buderim last year. Photo: John McCutcheon

‘Saved a lot of lives’: Veteran remembers service dog

While many will have soldiers at the front of mind on Anzac Day, this Vietnam veteran remembers his four legged companion.

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25th April 2020 3:04 PM

Arthur Taylor lays a purple wreath to commemorate his service dog who he served in Vietnam with on Anzac Day 2020.

Unusual Anzac Day still holds special meaning

Despite coronavirus restrictions, Anzac Day retains it’s special meaning for this Vietnam veteran.

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25th April 2020 6:04 AM

ANZAC DAY 2020: Vietnam Veteran James Fraser BEM. Photo: Stuart Fast

Wife’s heartbreak: he never got to meet his baby

From a fallen soldier’s lost daughter to helping service personnel return to civilian life.

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10th Nov. 2019 11:11 AM

Mackay veteran Donald Laird, with Murray Smith, father of Scott Smith who died in Afghanistan in 2012, will attend Monday's Remembrance Day service in Mackay.

Normie Rowe: living a life less ordinary

"My attitude is to wake up every morning, get up, make the bed and have a plan for the day and at the end of the year...

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17th Oct. 2019 10:10 AM

The legendary rocker Normie Rowe plays Maclean Bowling Club on October 25.

Vietnam veteran's plan to get Glenwood war memorial built

Mr Robin is a Vietnam veteran, who served on a troop ship when he was 19

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27th Sept. 2019 12:09 AM

IMPORTANT CAUSE: Vietnam veteran Bob Robin is pushing to have a war memorial built in Glenwood.

Vietnam veteran stable after samurai sword attack

The condition of an elderly Vietnam veteran who was attacked with a samurai sword and left fighting for his life, has...

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18th April 2019 1:04 PM

Veteran fights for life after alleged sword attack

A Vietnam veteran is in the fight of his life after allegedly being viciously attacked by home invaders wielding a samurai...

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13th April 2019 6:04 PM

Brenton Philp, 69, pictured with his daughter.

Virgin's veteran plans reveal real battles

I had a pretty interesting conversation with a Vietnam veteran earlier this week.

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08th Nov. 2018 5:11 AM

Laying the wreaths at Cooroy's Anzac Day ceremony 2018

THE STORY OF Anthony 'Ned' Kelly: Veteran and larrikin

THE scene is Phan Rang Vietnam circa 1970 in the heat of the Vietnam war and nothing was going to stop Anthony "Ned”...

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26th Sept. 2018 8:09 AM

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