Ordnance Field Park

Update for members of the Ordnance Field Park Vietnam regarding the Army Combat Badge....
(Posted 19 June 2010)

The VSASA Hostel in Burpengary is a privately funded facility of the Veterans Support and Advocacy Service.
(Posted 5 June 2010)

My name is Stuart Scott, and I've just written a book about the Peter Badcoe Club at 1ALSG and how people remember their time there. It is called ``Charlie Don't Surf, But Aussies Do'' and might be of interest to your association's members.
(Posted 21 December 2008)

UPDATE- 31 May 2010:You can now purchase the book for $15-00 (includes postage within Australia) - READ MORE 

Our Unit Plaque has now been installed in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial.
(Posted 23 April 2010)

We have been advised of a new address for your Army Combat Badge applications.
(Posted 26 March 2010)

Willem Brawn passed away at 4.00pm on Saturday 23 January 2010.
(Posted 23/01/2010)

Our Canberra Reunion page has been updated. Check out who's coming - is your name on the list?
(Posted 12/11/09)

The first results of a 15 year old Australian follow-up study of the health of Vietnam veterans have recently been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.  (Sent in by Colin Cross & Trevor Rackley)
(Posted 22 September 2009)

Registration for the Vietnam Veterans' Family Study, an intergenerational study, is still open.  This family study is comparing the health and wellbeing of the children of Vietnam veterans with the health and well being of children of Army personnel who served during 1962-1975 but did not deploy to Vietnam. The participation of family members is essential for the success of the study.
(Posted 18 September 2009)

This is a very interesting address by Garry Parker (Museum President) at the closing of POW MIA Bracelet Ceremony at the National Vietnam Veterans Museum on 31st August 2009. (This item was sent in by Colin Cross)
(Posted 4 September 2009)

This is a copy of an address given by George Mansford (retired Australian Army Brigadier; former Captain of the elite, and much decorated Australian Army Training Team Vietnam) at a Vietnam Veteran Day service in Cairns Qld.  (This article was provided by John Galpin & Dan Garlin)
(Posted 20 August 2009) 

A very interesting atricle by Owen Eather.

Owen Eather is a graduate of the Officer Cadet School, Portsea, and the Macquarie University Graduate School of Management, where he qualified as Master of Business Administration. He has also attended the Army Reserve Command and Staff College. In the ARA Owen served with 1ATF, as Operations Officer of the TFMA during the 1968 Tet Offensive and later commanded a road transport unit.
(Posted 26 July 2009)

We regret to inform you that we have been advised the Chief of Army will not accept our many submissions and arguments (over the past eighteen months) that members, who served with the Ordnance Field Park in Vietnam, should be qualified for the award of the Army Combat Badge
(Posted 7 July 2009).