These are some recollections about a young Australian, Paul Large from Coolah in rural New South Wales who departed for the Vietnam War on his...

[Photo above: Nui Dat, Vietnam, 1966. Three members of D Company, Headquarters Company, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), resting around a sandbagged wall...

Photo above: 10 August 2016. Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith (Retd), commanding officer of D Company 6RAR, today received a report from the Defence Honours and...

21 year old Private Richard Alfred Aldersea. 10 Platoon, Delta Company, 6RAR. Killed In Action on 18 August 1966 during the Battle of Long Tan....

On the 5 March 2016, a group of eight Veterans; David Murray, Frank Parisio, Ted Chitham, Peter Campbell, Darryl Backwell and four Serving Soldiers from...

Here’s another more recent post with more details about Paul Large – Remembering 21 year old Private Paul Large. This is the ANZAC DAY Address...

“What an extraordinary coincidence that two young McCormack’s, unrelated and from different states, ended up dying next to each other on a battlefield in Vietnam.”...