Vietnam vets commemorate Battle of Long Tan

The Vietnam Veterans, Peacekeepers and Peacemakers Association of Australia's Central Coast Sub-Branch will host a march, memorial service and dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, on August 13.

The march will commence at 3:45pm at the corner of Beach St and Broken Bay Rd, Ettalong Beach, and will proceed around the block on which the Ettalong Diggers' Club stands.

The service will commence at 4pm shortly after the marches conclusion.

The dinner will be held that evening at the Diggers' Club and Vietnam Veteran Mr Normie Rowe will perform.

The Battle of Long Tan is one of the better known battles of the Vietnam War, where a small force of Australian soldiers from the First Australian Task Force faced, and overcame, units of the Viet Cong 275th Regiment and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion.

The Australians were outnumbered five to one.

Of the 108 Australians involved, 18 were killed and 24 wounded.

Media release, 27 Jul 2016

Robyn Creswell, Central Coast Sub-Branch