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AVVRG Members Jennifer Benjamin and Tricia
Ansell meeting with the
Vietnamese Chief Nurses in Ho Chi Minh City . Jennifer and Tricia
were doing a recon for the
Victorian Sub-Committee, Education Team which is
working hard in Melbourne making preparations for the Team February 2008
Trip.
[October 2007] |
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The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP
talking to Vietnamese Staff at the opening of the Long Tan Dental Clinic
on ANZAC Day, 25 April 2007. The Clinic is part of the AVVRG Long Tan Community Development Program.
Staying in the doorway is Mal Skelly, Australian Consul General HCMC.
[25 Apirl 2007] |
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Australian PM
John Howard and Janette with Vietnamese Military Aide-De-Camp honoring the
Australian and Vietnamese sacrifices at the Long Tan Cross.
[20 November 2006] |
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Bequeathed cows provided to a poor family in Chau Duc courtesy of the
Hargraves family from the proceeds of the funeral (lieu of flowers) of
their Dad and Husband, Graham. Graham before his death had visited
Vung Tau and saw first hand the work of AVVRG.
A nice and touching legacy by the Hargraves family.
[December 2006] |
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AVVRG members at Buddhist
Monastery, Phuoc Tien (near Long Hai) giving out 600 food parcels to the
very poor , hardest hit by Typhoon Durian in early December 2006.
[December 2006] |
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Dr Huy (Deputy Director of the
Ben San Leprosy Hospital) and Dr Ken Morrison (AVVRG Project Manager, Chau
Duc Poverty Alleviation Scheme) shaking hands after an inspection of the
cattle provided as part of the Chau Duc Poverty Alleviation Scheme.
[December 2006] |
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Farmer Ta Van Thap and Dr Ken
Morrison check one of the cattle provide to the Ben San Leprosy Hospital
as part of the Chau Duc Poverty Alleviation Scheme in December 2006
[December 2006] |
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Plaster technicians, Judy and
Mark Beaman, Kathleen Parker and students from Nurses Training College,
Vung Tau in September 2006.
[September 2006] |
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Visiting Vietnamese Doctors and
Nurses during visit to Ipswich Hospital in June 2006. Study Trip to
Queensland, Australia was sponsored by AVVRG.
[June 2006] |
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Visiting Vietnamese Doctors and
Nurses at welcome dinner at Victoria Barracks, Brisbane in June 2006.
Study Trip to Queensland, Australia was sponsored by AVVRG.
[June 2006] |
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Photo:
Yvonne Gardiner
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Australian Veterans Vietnam Reconstruction
Group president Kevin Erwin (left) meets with Goodna RSL Services
Club president David Christie (centre) and Vietnam Veterans
Federation of Australia state president Malcolm Wheat to welcome
the result of a fundraising auction for maintenance funds of the Long
Tan Cross.
The STUNNING painting depicting iconic images of the Vietnam War now
hangs in the foyer at Goodna RSL Services Club. War artist Brian
Wood, himself a Vietnam veteran who served with 4RAR, donated the
painting to be raffled at a Brisbane breakfast attended by Good Morning
Vietnam subject and disc jockey Adrian Cronauer during the commemoration
of the Battle of Long Tan.
[August 2006]
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AVVRG President, Kevin Erwin
and Wife Beryl, at the AVVRG Orphanage in 2001.
[Dec 2005] |
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Janene
Steward (AVVRG Treasurer and Membership, Executive Committee) with little
Phong Uyen as they appear on the Channel 9 Sunday Program
"Vietnam 30 Years On" 27 March 2005. Phong Uyen is receiving medical treatment via AVVRG in Vietnam.
[April 2005] |
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Malcolm Parker
(AVVRG Project Manager),
Head Nun and some blind children at the Nhat Hong School for the Blind and
Orphanage. Malcolm along with his Wife
Kathleen are running the project to assist
the Nhat Hong School.
[April 2005] |
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Proud Vietnamese owner with his
new cow supplied under the AVVRG Chac Duc Poverty Alleviation Scheme
Project.
[April 2005] |
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Filming the CH 9 news feature
"Long Tan Memorial Neglected" and presented by Peter Harvey (on the
left) at Long Tan.
[March 2005] |
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Paul Murphy (right centre - AVVRG
President) and others including Peter Harvey (CH 9) during the filming of
the CH 9 new feature "Long Tan Memorial Neglected" at Long Tan.
[March 2005] |
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