Remembering Long Tan
BATTLE OF LONG TAN
On Monday the 18th of August there will be a service to commemorate those who fought and died at the battle of Long Tan
There were eighteen (18) Australians killed and twenty-four (24) wounded in this action.
The men of D Company entered the Long Tan rubber plantation at 3:15pm on that day in search of Vietcong forces that had previously fired on the base at Nui Dat. Approximately one (1) hour later the battle of Long Tan began in earnest.
It is interesting that Col Joy who recently died was preforming at the Australian base as this battle began.
The commemoration service will commence at 5.00 pm on Monday the 18th and it will be held at the “railway gate” memorial opposite O’Meara Park.
This service will remember those that lost their lives in this battle as well as those who fought and died in Vietnam.