Brett, Give me a list of any you might have for Victoria and I'll do my best to either do it my self or get a volunteer to help with this, the only request I would have of you is that when this is finished would you share it with us and we will make a place for it within our web page? As I think we all ready have something from either you or someone else that did a project like this up in the Islands sometime ago? Kindest regards, Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ice_Man" <ice_man@tpg.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:18 AM Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Vietnam War Graves - Seeking Volunteers to assist with Photography Hi, I have run this request by the List Owner, Ray Henderson, who has kindly given me the go ahead. I have recently decided to volunteer and co-ordinate and set-up an on-line database (pictorial) that shows the grave of every Australian Serviceman (Army, RAAF and RAN), that were killed or died in relation to the Vietnam Conflict. In total there are 540 official war graves, most of these located in Australia. The RAAF has offered their assistance by finding a volunteer serving at Butterworth, Malaysia to photograph the various graves located in that country. I have been searching for volunteers, mostly people I know and in some cases another mailing list, but I felt this list should have been where I started. My request is a simple one although I do know how difficult the job can be of photographing graves. My request is such, are there people out there who own a digital camera, have a little spare time that would be interested in assisting me with this project. There is no financial gain and the only support I receive is a helping hand with information from the Office of Australian War Graves. I have struggled with some of the cemetery trusts, i.e. Brisbane City Council wanted to charge me $5 for each look-up and I had 29 to complete, so yesterday I spent my time off walking the cemetery (2) row by row until I found the ones I needed and took the photo. They're not all that hard but as you have all had experience you may be better at this than me. I go away for 5 weeks this coming Friday so with little time I cannot provide a lot of information, suffice to say I have the names and cemeteries, just not the actual locations. I have generally found most large cemeteries have a war graves section although smaller cemeteries probably a little more difficult. At this stage I have secured the assistance of photographers in Tasmania (should be complete very shortly), although I am still looking for people throughout the country that can help. I guess my only reward to anyone that helps is to display their name as an active contributor to the project. If you would like further information, please contact me off-line and I shall give you a few further details. Regards, Brett Prentice Brisbane ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== ================================================================== "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. ================================================================== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.515 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/03