John Franklin – johnfranklin@dodo.com.au. He’s located in Brisbane and is an ex-soldier, doing a great job.
These are my court mounted medals.

http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/home.aspx

The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans lists approximately 61 000 men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975.
This website also contains the names of more than 1 600 Australian civilians who were awarded or were eligible to receive the Vietnam Logistics and Support Medal (VLSM).
Building the expanded version of the Roll has required that individual service records and thousands of other original service-related documents be manually checked.

All Vietnam veterans will be on the Roll, except those who have requested that their details not be published. A small percentage will not have full details until their remaining information is confirmed.

The outstanding details will likely be those where, for some groups, there are quite complex documentation to search for relatively few members. These details will be published on the website as they are completed.

Here is a reduced size copy of my certificate. Click to view.

While I was in the Army I received two medals for serving in Vietnam, as did everyone who completed more than six months. Then I received two more medals for long service – including the National medal that police, firefighters etc receive. Since I’ve been out (20 years) I’ve received another three – the Australian Service Medal because I happened to be in PNG before 1975, the Australian Active Service Medal because I was on active service in Vietnam (but hey, I’ve already got two medals for that), and yesterday the Australian Defence Medal for completing a period of enlistment. I believe over a million people are entitled to this last medal.

They’ve also made a National Service Medal for those unfortunate enough to have been drafted.

Your response to the upgrading is bullshit because it has been done before. One of my friends had his MID upgraded to an MC about ten years ago when they reassessed the situation, as did some others.

The Government has to make a million ADMs, how much would it cost to make a few hundred Long Tan Medals? Or to upgrade the medals of those who exhibited brave conduct? Or are the Long Tan veterans the new “sorry” people?

BillyK