Remains of Australians killed overseas returned

Remains of Australians killed overseas during the Vietnam War returned.

Remains of Australians killed overseas during the Vietnam War returned. Source: AAP

The remains of 33 Australians, many of them Vietnam veterans are home, ahead of their burial on Australian soil.


Hundreds of people gathered at RAAF Richmond north-west of Sydney to see one of the largest single repatriations in Australia's history.

It marks the end of a year-long fight by families to lay the bodies of their loved ones to rest in Australia.

 


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