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27 August, 2023

Remembrance of 50th anniversary

THE 50th anniversary of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War ending was observed at a twilight service in Inglewood on Friday. The brief service at the Grant Street memorial saw Vietnam War veteran Mal Gilmour lay a wreath in remembrance...

THE 50th anniversary of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War ending was observed at a twilight service in Inglewood on Friday.
The brief service at the Grant Street memorial saw Vietnam War veteran Mal Gilmour lay a wreath in remembrance while Inglewood and Bridgewater RSL sub-branch secretary Bill Concol placed a wreath on behalf of Timor veterans.
Twenty people attended the service.
Australians were involved in the Vietnam War from 1962 until December 1972.
More than 50,000 Australian personnel had served in Vietnam with 2398 wounded and 521 killed.
Fighting between South and North Vietnam ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese.

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