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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 11:51 AM
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Body of Australia's last "missing soldier" back from Vietnam
Source: Radio Australia

The remains of Australia's last "missing soldier" from the Vietnam War have been returned to Australia today in a Hercules accompanied by S-A-S soldiers.

Private David Fisher was killed when he fell from a helicopter during an evacuation of his patrol in 1969.

Private Fisher's family and members from his regiment held a special service at Richmond airbase near Sydney to commemorate his return.

The defence science and personnel minister Warren Snowdon was at the ceremony.


Read more: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200810/s2388108.htm?tab=latest



I wish we could account for all our boys. But I suppose the scale of our involvement makes that a logistical impossibility.

RIP Pvt. Fisher.
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 12:37 PM
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1. RIP Pvt. Fisher. And peace to his family.
nt
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 01:26 PM
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2. Welcome Home Soldier.
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 01:56 PM
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3. Welcome home, Private Fisher.
It's impossible to "rank" the deaths, but to fall from a helicopter during an evacuation...how sad. Peace to him and his family.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 02:24 PM
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4. we could have brought home more if McCain
hadn't been such a douche.
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 09:47 PM
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5. Sound the Last Post...
Pte. Fisher's home from the wars... :cry:




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