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Vetaffairs
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Fix this textISSN 0819-8934
Fix this textJULY 1996
Fix this textINSIDE THIS ISSUE
Fix this textLetters to the Editor 2
Fix this textVietnam vets ’ convention 3
Fix this textFreedom Wall unveiled 3
Fix this textControlling Post Traumatic Stress 4
Fix this textLinwall’s test debut 6
Fix this textHellfire Pass walking track opened 8
Fix this textFull list of Vietnam
Fix this textveterans published
Fix this textThe most complete list of
Fix this textAustralians who served in the
Fix this textVietnam War was published
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Fix this textThe Nominal Roll of Vietnam
Fix this textVeterans, which lists almost
Fix this text60,000 Australians who saw
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Fix this textMay 23, 1962 and July 1,
Fix this text1973, is now available in book
Fix this textform and on computer disk.
Fix this textThe roll is unique. Unlike any
Fix this textother of Australians who
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Fix this textcontains a listing for all three
Fix this textservices, as well as the civil-
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Fix this textone roll.
Fix this textIt took 18 months to compile
Fix this textand contains more than 5,000
Fix this textnames which had not been
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Fix this textPreviously, estimates suggest-
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Fix this textarmed forces personnel had
Fix this texteither served or were deemed
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Fix this textduring the conflict. DVA
Fix this textresearch showed this underes-
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Fix this textThe civilians who were on
Fix this textofficial service include war
Fix this textcorrespondents, SEATO
Fix this textSurgical Aid Teams, merchant
Fix this textseamen, entertainers, mem-
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Fix this textSalvation Army, Everyman’s
Fix this textand Australian Forces
Fix this textOverseas Fund.
Fix this textA total of 59,036 men and
Fix this text484 women were identified
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Fix this textHowever, 76 requested their
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Fix this textThe roll was compiled from
Fix this textdiverse sources - the list of
Fix this textRAN personnel was devel-
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Fix this textthe navy, and the Defence
Fix this textDepartment’s computer file
Fix this textused for the 1984 study was
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Fix this textMissing names were tracked
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Fix this textA convoy of around 100 Vietnam veteran bikers spent 46 days in May and June circumnavigating the
Fix this textAustralian mainland, riding more than 14,000 km to “connect ” with veterans around the country.
Fix this textThe ride co-incided with the 30th anniversary of the landing of the first Australian Task Force in
Fix this textSouth Vietnam in May 1966 and was organised by the Vietnam Veterans’ Motorcycle Club to raise
Fix this textawareness for Legacy which looks afters after more than 122,000 widows and 2,000 children and dis-
Fix this textabled dependants throughout Australia. The ride ended in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney. Gary Veale,
Fix this textthe event director, is pictured above riding past the crowds lined up to welcome the veterans home.
Fix this textnames of its members who
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Fix this textwere verified by the Soldier
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Fix this textThe Australian Maritime
Fix this textSafety Authority supplied a
Fix this textlist of crews of the ships that
Fix this textmade trips to Vietnam and
Fix this textfiles from the Department of
Fix this textForeign Affairs were searched
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Fix this textThe roll of official entertainers
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Fix this textThe roll was compiled as a
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Fix this textThis study - the Vietnam
Fix this textVeterans’ Mortality Study - is
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Fix this textIt examines the numbers,
Fix this textcauses of, and ages at death of
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Fix this textOther studies using the statistics
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Fix this text• a comparison of death rates
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Fix this textNational Servicemen who
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Fix this text• a study of the health, social
Fix this textand vocational needs of male
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Fix this textCopies of the nominal roll are
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Fix this textHealth boost for
Fix this textveterans in rural
Fix this textand remote areas
Fix this textVeterans and the doctors, nurses and other health care providers
Fix this textwho treat them in rural and remote areas of Australia are getting
Fix this textlots of attention recently from the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs,
Fix this textBruce Scott, and the Department.
Fix this textThe Minister is developing a Rural and Remote Health Policy
Fix this textto ensure that veterans in the more isolated parts of the country
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Fix this textareas. The policy will be finalised by early September.
Fix this text“Thirty-one per cent of eligible veterans and war widows live
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Fix this textof it,” said Mr Scott.
Fix this text“Coming as I do from a remote area of Queensland, I am very
Fix this textaware that people in such locations sometimes miss out on ser-
Fix this textvices or are unaware of what is available to them. As Minister
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Fix this textthis most deserving group doesn’t miss out.”
Fix this textMeetings are taking place in a number of rural towns through-
Fix this textout July to find out what health and community care veterans
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Fix this textareas and how the Department of Veterans’ Affairs could better
Fix this textsupport the health care providers in these places.
Fix this textInformation about the Rural and Remote Health Policy will also
Fix this textbe provided to veterans through ex-service and community
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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