Cheryl in a private message to me said she could remember "volcanic island when it rose out of the sea at that time" This happened in Rabaul harbour once before WWII and I think after it. When I was in Rabaul in 1964, the Army had a full time bomb disposal person there. In 1953 could the RAAF have a bomb disposal unit in Rabaul. This might be worth asking Veteran Affairs Department in Canberra. Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Kinney <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 11:16 PM Subject: Watson > > Dear Cheryl, > Apologies, the fickle fingers flaming well buggered up again, > here comes the rest of the message. > If your gentleman is now 73 years old it is possible he served in > World War 2 or Korea and later Viet Nam. Check the nominal rolls for WW2 and > Korea. The Viet Nam nominal roll was contracted out to an outside company > for preparation and subsequently if you want to see it, you have to buy the > disc from Department of Veterans Affairs. Nifty way for the shifty buggers > to make a quid but not very user friendly to people trying to find > information about Dad and or Grandad who served in Viet Nam, same go's for > Mum or Grandmum. You need to find a VVAA (Viet Nam Veterans Association of > Australia) or VFA (Viet Nam Veterans Federation of Australia) local office > and ask them if they will look the name up for you, should be no problem at > all. > I will look the name up for you on Thursday of this week and send > you the details, if any. You see, you have found your VVAA Outpost without > moving from your computer, clever girl you. > Hoping I can help you. > Best regards > Paul Kinney > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > Anzac Research > http://anzacresearch.tripod.com/index.htm > >