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View the Media Release issued by the Hon Danna Vale MP, Minister for Veterans' Affairs.
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The 27 veterans and war widows who travelled to the United Kingdom are:
| Alan Birchley
(QLD) - Navy Carmel Bland (SA) - Widow (Navy) Kenneth Briggs (QLD) - Navy Keith Campbell (NSW) - Air Force Herbert Copeman (TAS) - Air Force Robert Cowper (SA) - Air Force Nemo Dorph (NSW) - Army Jack Doyle (QLD) - Air Force Edith Eadie (SA) Army Allan Ferrari (VIC) - Navy Ronald Frasa (QLD) - Navy Earnest Frost (SA) - Air Force Clarence Gardner (VIC) - Air Force John Gow (VIC) - Army |
Francis Hall (VIC)
- Army David Hopkins (NSW) - Navy Douglas Kemp (SA) - Air Force Alexander Kerr (WA) - Air Force Rollo Kingsford-Smith (NSW) - Air Force Ronald Matthews (SA) - Army Geoffrey Michael (NSW) - Air Force Frank Milner (VIC) - Navy Clarence Singe (WA) - Air Force Ian Speirs (VIC) - Air Force Ronald Ware (NSW) - Merchant Navy James Watt (QLD) - Army Donald Wilson (NSW) - Navy |
The veteran party was accompanied by the National President of the Returned & Services League of Australia, Major General Bill Crews AO (Retd), and the National President of the Australian Veterans and Defence Services Council, Rear Admiral Guy Griffiths AO DSO DSC (Retd) who represented the wider veteran community.
Sadly, Air Force widow Mrs Joyce Edgerley of the ACT withdrew from the mission because of illness.
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