Fed: Missing Vietnam War Digger mystery close to being solved

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2008
Fed: Missing Vietnam War Digger mystery close to being solved

As Australian veterans prepare to commemorate their role in the Vietnam War .. investigators
believe they may be close to solving the mystery of one of three remaining missing servicemen.

Veterans from around the country will gather in Canberra and other capital cities today
.. the 42nd anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan .. for commemorative ceremonies.

They'll be honouring the more than 500 Diggers who died in Australia's longest overseas conflict.

Still unaccounted for are Private DAVID FISHER .. from the Special Air Services Regiment
.. who went missing in September 1969 .. and Pilot Officer ROBERT CARVER and Flying Officer
MICHAEL HERBERT .. both believed killed after their Canberra bomber disappeared in 1970.

The government says fresh investigations with locals and Vietnamese veterans have allowed
investigators to pinpoint a possible location for Private FISHER'S remains.

A defence forensic anthropologist .. an archaeologist .. and several Army historians
.. will conduct a full archaeological dig in the location where FISHER is believed to
have fallen.

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KEYWORD: VETERANS (CANBERRA)

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