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23.01.2022 The story of the Unknown Soldier On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme. None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.... The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag. Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied. A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight. On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside. On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed: "A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country". On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside. There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard. Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals. A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London. He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey. The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin. It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son... THIS is the reason we wear poppies. We do not glorify war. We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted. Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

23.01.2022 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/nui-le-the-last-battle-21/

23.01.2022 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/strategic-context-the-bat/

22.01.2022 Clearance Diving Team 3 2nd Contingent https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-thr/

21.01.2022 Clearance Diving Team 3 3rd Contingent https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-3-3/

19.01.2022 https://youtu.be/m5eehgY1xXE

19.01.2022 Downloaded from https://www.abc.net.au//vietnam-veterans-map-buri/11490040 on 9 Sep 2019 Vietnam War veterans map likely burial sites of fallen soldiers in operation to bring home 'wandering souls' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) One of the most rewarding returns was a large ink portrait of a woman that had been taken from a house in a burning, abandoned village. With the help of the Vietnamese media, Mr de Heer was able ... www.abc.net.au

17.01.2022 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/naval-operations-in-vietn/

10.01.2022 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-3-3/

10.01.2022 For all those people who have visited our page, I thank you. Please share where ever you see the need. We are asking Vietnam veterans and their families to look in their trunks and other places where they may find artefacts taken from bodies during the conflict. We have a program called "Operation Wandering Souls: Bringing them home." which is about taking these item and returning them to their families in Vietnam. Remember veterans, if you die, your relatives and friends will not know what these items mean and just throw them away. Please think about this and return them to us here at the university. Send them to Dr Bob Hall, HASS, University of NSW Canberra, PO Box 7916, Canberra BC, ACT 2910

10.01.2022 RAN Clearance Divers Vietnam CDT 3 6th Contingent

08.01.2022 Operation Tong: 7-8 June 1959 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/operation-tong-7-8-june-1/

07.01.2022 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-3-7/

06.01.2022 The RAN Helicopter Flight in Vietnam: Preparations to deploy and Operations (Part 1 of 3 episodes) https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au//ran-helicopter-flight-vietna

04.01.2022 Clearance Diving Team 3 1st Contingent https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-3-1/

04.01.2022 May 1969: The switch to pacification. https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/may-1969-the-switch-to-pa/

03.01.2022 https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-thr/

02.01.2022 Clearance Diving Team 3 8th Contingent https://vietnam.unsw.adfa.edu.au/clearance-diving-team-3-8/

01.01.2022 Naval Studies Group. https://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/acsacs/naval-studies-group

01.01.2022 Hoa Long, Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam. February 1968. Two PLAF soldiers were captured during a firefight with troops of B Company, 2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion. A 12-strong PLAF force was contacted during a search of the village of Hoa Long. The cordon and search of Hoa Long resulted in ten PLAF soldiers killed, four taken prisoner and another ten detained. One Australian soldier was killed in the firefight. Vietnamese authorities also detained 97 villagers as Viet Cong suspects or sympathisers. The two prisoners are blindfolded and have their hands tied behind their backs. One has been given a cigarette. They are awaiting the arrival of a helicopter to take them to Nui Dat.