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On behalf of the SAA I would like to congratulate a number of Senior Submariners on the their promotion and job change announcements.
RADM Buckley will become DCN later this year (so Submariners in the CN and DCN positions which must be a first)
CDRE Tom Phillips on his promotion the RADM
CAPT Glenn Miles on his promotion to CDRE
This may be of interest to some members The Vietnam Commemorative Medallion (medallion) and Certificate of Recognition (certificate) to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War. The application for the medallion is closing on 26 July 2024.
Applications can be submitted through the DVA webpage application portal at Vietnam War commemorative medallion and certificate |
Department of Veterans' Affairs (dva.gov.au). Please note that only one medallion is available per Vietnam War veteran.
The medallion and certificate were made available to every Australian veteran who served in the Vietnam War, or their widow or other family member.
This includes personnel who served within Australia's military forces, as well as eligible Australian civilians, such as members of civilian medical and surgical teams as listed on the DVA Nominal Roll at https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/vietnamWar.
Unfortunately, this program does not extend to those who served with Allied Forces.
Following the National Commemorative Service held on 18 August 2023 to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, DVA produced a DVD containing all three episodes of the documentary Our Vietnam War, as well as complete recordings of the pre-service program, and the full commemorative service.
You may wish to watch these, to do so please click on the following links;
1. Documentary Our Vietnam War: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/our-vietnam-war
2. Pre-Service Program: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/vietnam-s-50th-anniversary
3. National Commemorative Service: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/australia-s-vietnam-50th-anniversary or Australia’s Vietnam: 50th Anniversary 🎖️ | OFFICIAL BROADCAST |
ABC Australia (youtube.com)