Battle of Long Tan
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Sep 9, 2026
Scott JeffreyGUEST
mayor? It was a very special morning and I was very proud to represent our community and speak at that event.
Scott JeffreyGUEST
The Ngambi RSL held our Vietnam Veterans Commemoration Service on the 18th of August and that also marked 60 years since the Battle of Long Tan.
Scott JeffreyGUEST
We were privileged to hear from local veteran John Coombs, and he spoke about his own experience.
Scott JeffreyGUEST
It was wonderful to see both Ngambi primary schools take part with reading and speeches and poems.
John BarringtonHOST
Like generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people before him, John Burns volunteered to serve his country.
John BarringtonHOST
During two tours of Vietnam, he took part in the battles of Long Tan and Coral, earning a reputation as a respected artilleryman.
John BarringtonHOST
But John's story isn't just defined by the battles he fought in.
John BarringtonHOST
Garth O'Connell, proud Gomero man and assistant curator with the military heraldry and technology section at the AWM, sits down with John to reflect on his service, looking back after 60 years.
John BurnsGUEST
And also, if Hanoi, the communists, would come down through South Vietnam and into Malaya, and next thing they might be knocking on our door.
John BurnsGUEST
you know so let's stop them here i thought i'll go and do my bit
Garth O'ConnellCORRESPONDENT
you served two tours in south vietnam including the very important battles of long tan on and of fire support base coral when you look back on your years in the army what moments have stayed with you the most
John BurnsGUEST
oh there's There's quite a few.
ArdeetHOST
Yep, exactly.
ArdeetHOST
1966, the Battle of Long Tan was a decisive Australian victory in the Vietnam War.
ArdeetHOST
1984, uh, sorry, 1986, uh, Janine Haines becomes the leader of the Australian Democrats and Australia's first female party leader of a party representing the Australian Parliament.
ArdeetHOST
Um, 1989, a national pilot strike begins, and they had to end up using defense force planes for some domestic flights.
Harold PeacockGUEST
And he was in Townsville flying up to New Guinea during the war.
Harold PeacockGUEST
His son was also in the RAAF, and he served in Vietnam just before the Battle of Long Tan.
Harold PeacockGUEST
But anyway, Smallwood's monster calf, that was a spotted shorthorn, which was born weighing over 104 pounds, almost 50 kilograms.
Harold PeacockGUEST
That's a massive baby, and all those women out there will be telling you that.
Tony McManusHOST
visited Vietnam doing both North and South.
Tony McManusHOST
I've also done the memorial at Long Tan, which was, of course, the commemorator during the week.
Tony McManusHOST
We got lots of calls about that.
Tony McManusHOST
Very emotional journey.
Tony McManusHOST
Yes, yeah.
Steve CollinsGUEST
Yeah, it was.
Steve CollinsGUEST
Long Tan was the major battle between the Australians and the Viet Cong.
Steve CollinsGUEST
Now, the Viet Cong were expecting Australians to fight like the Americans who were, you know, sort of walking along on patrol while they were smoking marijuana and stuff like that, playing music on their radios.
Chris SmithHOST
This is Chris Smith on 2SM and the Super Radio Network.
Chris SmithHOST
[news music] Well, gee, we had some really positive emails sent to us yesterday during and following our special program dedicated to Vietnam Veterans Day and the sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan.
Chris SmithHOST
Thank you so much for that.
Chris SmithHOST
And as part of that broadcast yesterday, I followed the frustrating attempt by a veterans group to seek a meeting with the relevant minister, Matt Keogh.
7 MINS LATER
Chris SmithHOST
Thank you so much for that.
Chris SmithHOST
We have spent many, many weeks planning for yesterday, so thank you.
Chris SmithHOST
Steven wrote to us, "Chris, what a program yesterday remembering Long Tan Day.
Chris SmithHOST
I served 69, 70 and ran an Australian Forces post office number three.
Gary BuechlerHOST
I mean, yay.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
[laughs] In Vietnam, it's the Long Tan Day.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
I don't know what that means.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
Uh, oh, Veterans Day.
Peta CredlinHOST
Words are cheap.
Peta CredlinHOST
When the Prime Minister stands at the dispatch box, as he did yesterday, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan on Vietnam Veterans Day, but then sits on his hands while his veterans minister shows them sustained and repeated contempt.
Peta CredlinHOST
Matt Keogh must resign, and if he won't, then the Prime Minister must sack him.
Peta CredlinHOST
Now, believe me, if there is one group a politician does not want to go to war with, that is our veterans.
John StanleyHOST
Bill Shorten wasn't on the old pension system, but his job at the university, I think he's getting nearly a million dollars a year.
John StanleyHOST
So a lot of very, very interesting emails and texts I've had on this, and I'll just go through them, and I might have to do it after the news because I do want to acknowledge – This is the Battle of Long Tan, and we honour our Vietnam veterans today.
John StanleyHOST
And when I think of Vietnam veterans, I think of Normie Rowe.
John StanleyHOST
I've been lucky enough to meet and spend some time with Normie Rowe.
Tim WebsterHOST
There's an incredible canopy of white cherry trees in Boweral, which is a memorial walk and leads into the Boweral Vietnam War Memorial.
Tim WebsterHOST
The day after we celebrated, well, celebrated is the wrong word, commemorated the Battle of Long Tan 60 years ago.
Tim WebsterHOST
Yeah, and of course it was Vietnam Veterans Day.
Tim WebsterHOST
Now, you may have seen the trees, but you may not know that that was part of the memorial.
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