Tag, bones point to lost digger's grave (last Australian MIA soldier from Vietnam believed found)

The Australian ^ | 29th August 2008 | Kim Christian

[naturalman1975]

A SEARCH team believes it has found the grave of the last remaining Australian digger unaccounted for after the Vietnam War.

Special Air Services Regiment (SASR) soldier Private David Fisher fell from a rope suspended by a helicopter over thick jungle in southern Vietnam in 1969.

[naturalman1975]

Private Fisher is the last remaining Australian soldier missing in Vietnam. Two Royal Australian Air Force pilots, Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver remain missing in action.

[PGalt]

Good news. Condolences to David Fisher’s family and friends. Australia’s finest. R.I.P. sir.

[QBFimi]

Rest in peace, Private Fisher. I salute you.

QBFimi (Vietnam Vet, USAF)

It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag. Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC

[PGR88]

Private David Fisher - Welcome Home Soon and Rest in Peace.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Bring him home with honor.

Salute!

[Calpernia]

Do you have an Australia ping list?

[Calpernia]

Aussie Nam MIA

[Fred Nerks]

thanks for the ping, no I don’t have an aussie pinglist...

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

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Once soldiers ..and young,

They are still soldiers

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66978

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Just for the LOVE of FREEDOM..!!

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NEVER FORGET

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[B4Ranch]

ping

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Its happy and sad for the family.I hope they can have closure now.RIP PRIVATE FISHER.

[billmor]

Home to Australia at last Pvt Fisher...Home to a burial with honors and loved ones near...Long gone from the thick jungle which enfolded you until this time of discovery and coming home...

R.I.P. Australia’s son, among the many brave men who fought in various wars to preserve freedom and democracy and to stop fanatical warriors...

May God have Mercy on his soul and may Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him.. Amen

[SandRat]

If there's a trip one way, he said,
Into battle grim for me,
Don't let them say when I am dead:
He died to save democracy;
Nor let them say: He fought to free
Enslaved nations, white or brown;
Just print these simple words for me:



He would not let his cobbers down.

[dcwusmc]

“He would not let his cobbers down.”

What else is there? Screw the rest of it, you fight for your buds, those right there with you. You fight so you don’t let them down. There IS nothing else, when it comes down to the nitty gritty!