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Parkes Phoenix

Comrades Commemorate 50th Anniversary

February 16, 2017 By editor



The annual National Servicemen’s Day Memorial Service was held in Newman Park, Orange on Sunday.

Members of 23 Platoon and comrades of Parkes National Serviceman Dougie Pow- ter and Lismore National Serviceman Glen Bartholomew, travelled to Orange to pay their respects and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the deaths of their two fallen mates in Vietnam in 1967.

Both Dougie and Glen did basic training in 23 Platoon, E Company, 1 Recruit Training Battalion, Kapooka from 29th September 1965 to 16th December 1965.

At the 2006 National Servicemen’s Day Memorial Service in Orange, 23 Platoon laid a plaque commemorating their two comrades’ sacrifice in Vietnam. Members of 23 Platoon has attended every National Servicemen’s Day Memorial Service in Or- ange since.

On 29th September, 23 Platoon will com- memorate 50 years since the end of their two-year National Service Commitment.

By Terry Knowles

Filed Under: General Interest

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