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.
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Ian Cavanough
Chapter 56: Am I dreamin’?
We were heading for Chau Luc rubber plantation in the northern part of Phuoc Tuy Province, not far from the Courteney
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Chapter 55: Our time is getting short
You know how your mood changes during the working week? Who likes going to work on Mondays? Isn’t that where
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Chapter 54: The aftermath of the battle of Tan Ru
We survive the night without incident – if you can call a constant artillery barrage with shrapnel whizzing through the trees and
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Ian Cavanough has published his book
For more than a year, CONTACT has been publishing a series of stories by Vietnam Veteran Ian Cavanough – and
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Chapter 22: Boots
I had two pairs of boots: AB and GP. There is some conjecture as to what these letters mean, some
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Chapter 20: JTC Canungra
Canungra is where the Army’s Jungle Training Centre is located not far from the Gold Coast. You may have heard
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Chapter 10: Football
Cootamundra in the 60s fielded very strong football teams in three codes: Rugby League, Rugby Union and Aussie Rules. Like
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Chapter 1: One small step for a boy and one giant leap to manhood
On a cold windswept train station in Cootamundra one winter’s morning in July 1969, I waited. I was beginning a
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