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The
Manager
Nominal Rolls Section
Department of Veterans' Affairs
PO Box 21 Woden ACT 2606
Subject: Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans - HMA Ships Vampire and
Quickmatch, 25th to 29th January 1962.
Dear Sir or Madam,
I
am writing on behalf of the Association requesting that the ships
companies of HMAS Vampire and HMAS Quickmatch be appended to the
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans in line with all other Vietnam
Veterans. It is officially recorded that these two ships entered
Vietnamese waters and transited the Long Tao shipping channel at the
behest of the then Federal Government on the dates noted above, and
that they were there for the purposes of visibly and diplomatically
supporting the Vietnamese Government of the day.
These factors have been recognised, in part, by the assignment of
Veterans status by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, promulgated
by Ministerial direction some five years ago. I refer you to DVA
Facts - Qualifying Service - Australian Vietnam Veterans , IS 59
which states in part, that: "a person assigned for service on HMAS
Ships Vampire or Quickmatch in Vietnam during the period 25 January
1962 to 29 January 1962;" One can only conclude from this that these
persons are Australian Vietnam Veterans, and as such, should be
given the courtesy of being appended to the Nominal roll of Vietnam
Veterans in line with all other persons who served in Vietnam.
Regards
Dr.
John R Carrol PhD EdD MAPsS
Hon Secretary
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