Who are these ANZACs? – by Ian Cavanough
The speech delivered by CONTACT friend Ian Cavanough at the Dawn Service in Yeppoon, Queensland on ANZAC Day 2021.
Read moreThe speech delivered by CONTACT friend Ian Cavanough at the Dawn Service in Yeppoon, Queensland on ANZAC Day 2021.
Read moreSo there we were cruisin’ the high seas. The boys from GHQ put out a newsletter telling us the latest
Read more‘The Sydney’ refers to HMAS Sydney, an Australian aircraft carrier which was used to ferry Australian troops and equipment to
Read moreI remember it well. You see we were due to come home from our 12 month tour of Vietnam on
Read moreWe were heading for Chau Luc rubber plantation in the northern part of Phuoc Tuy Province, not far from the Courteney
Read moreYou know how your mood changes during the working week? Who likes going to work on Mondays? Isn’t that where
Read moreWe survive the night without incident – if you can call a constant artillery barrage with shrapnel whizzing through the trees and
Read moreThe long-awaited paper version of Fun, Fear, Frivolity by Ian Cavanough is finally here. Well, not here here – not
Read moreIt seems 3RAR needed some help, so Alpha Company was placed under operational control of 3RAR’s CO. The callsign of
Read moreI know you are going to find this hard to believe, but I lied to my mates. I didn’t mean
Read moreYa know, there’s a distinct disadvantage by being the middle platoon in Alpha Company. At the end of an operation
Read moreAfter we left Garth things seemed to quieten down in the province. We were still out there patrolling, patrolling, patrolling but
Read moreWoodpeckers? Yes I saw my first woodpecker in Vietnam. I knew what they looked like because of the cartoon character.
Read moreI last spoke about Digger and me sitting and sharing a brew after Killer’s death. It took a while for
Read moreSix months ago I decided to put pen to paper, so to speak, to write about my experiences as a
Read moreWe lost count of the number of ambushes we set around the Courtenay Rubber, which were all to no avail
Read morePatrolling in rubber plantations is dead easy. The lack of undergrowth makes it a breeze but there is a downside – you
Read moreFSB (Fire Support Base) Garth is located on Courtenay Hill, which is in the far north of Phuoc Tuy Province.
Read moreThat thin vertical line in the west is Route 2. The Song Rai is the wriggly blue line to the
Read moreWell it was true, Sum Wun wuz right again! The officers and senior NCOs will serve us Christmas lunch. This
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