4 Field Regiment (SVN) 'Old Boys' Newsletter - March 2016 Edition

will not be available to us until 1200 due to licensing restrictions on the day. Drinks and food under own arrangements. We suggest you catch a tram to the venue from the Domain Tram Interchange on St Kilda Road. Catch a number 72 tram and hop off at stop 32. It is a short walk down Bendigo Street to the Flying Duck Hotel. There is limited parking available around the Flying Duck. We are looking forward to the Melbourne weekend. If you have any issues or need a hand with something, give me a ring on 0419 349 317 or PJ Smith on 0425 789 539. Barny Barnard sent us of the following: I'm pleased to advise that our documentary series Vietnam: The War That Made Australia will debut on SBS1 from 8.30pm on Sunday the 3rd of April followed by part 2 on the 10th and part 3 on the 17th. Thank you for being involved and helping us to document some of the extraordinary experiences of the men who served with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam and their counterparts in the South Vietnamese and US Forces. After the broadcast the series will be preserved in the National Film and Sound Archive for future generations. All the best from the team here at Joined Up Films, we hope you enjoy it. Best regards, Darren Hutchinson, Development Executive Received via my Legacy Network This is an extract from an email from the Training Information Program (TIP) forwarded for general information. If anyone has any questions about the content, I am happy to try and answer or I will point you in the right direction of those far more qualified than I. Ladies and Gentlemen, could you give maximum publicity within your contacts to the following web site www.racgp.org.au/afp/2016/march/ which is the internet version of the Australian Family Physician magazine issued to all members of the Australian College of General Practitioners. This is their March edition principally devoted to the Defence Community and their health care. All veteran family members should be encouraged to discuss the material with their GP so he/she does bother to read it and they are likewise familiar with it too. 14403 Bombardier Lesleigh David (Les) Henderson. I took a call from Les’s youngest son Brian and here is his follow up email. If anyone can help please contact me in the first instance. Les was posted to 105 Battery in SVN from 14/09/65 to 5/06/66 and then with 1 st Field Regiment until 08/09/1966. He returned to SVN with 1 st Field Regiment on 25/02/1969 and RTA on11/03/1970. I have forwarded his request to 105 Field Battery Association as well. Peter following our talk on Saturday. I am les’s youngest son and am chasing photos of dad in Vietnam in the 70’s. His full name is Lesleigh David Henderson. # 14403 he left Australia as a bombardier with the first tour for 4 field regiment in 1965 served 6 months, came home for about a month then returned for another 6 months, then returned in 1969. Any photos of him in uniform would be appreciated.