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The Parliamentary
Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon. Dr Mike Kelly
AM MP, announced today that the independent Defence
Honours and Awards Tribunal will inquire into recognition
for Royal Australian Air Force personnel who served
in Vietnam between 29 March and 29 April 1975 and Australian
entertainers who entertained troops in Vietnam between
1964 and 1973 with United States concert parties.
“I am pleased that the Defence Honours and Awards
Tribunal will inquire into these long standing recognition
issues dating from the Vietnam conflict,” Dr Kelly
said. “These two inquiries represent a continuation
of reviews into long standing Defence honours and awards
issues identified by the Government in 2007.”
Calls for submissions will be released shortly in the
national press. Submissions to the inquiry close on
Monday, 1 June 2009.
“Many people have raised these two issues and I
would encourage them to now take advantage of this opportunity
to make a submission to the Tribunal,” Dr Kelly
said.
The Tribunal can be contacted at:
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