Australia's LAST MIA, (Found).Vietnam.  

When we left South Vietnam as a fighting force we left behind some of our mates, (MIA'S).

Near 40 year later we went back to find them and bring them HOME.

Our Australian Government would do nothing and it was not till ex Veterans went to South Vietnam on their OWN MONEY did the Government of the day come good.

I am HAPPY to say I beleive we have found our last MATE (MIA) This part of history may be closed and wrinten about.

I give to you the lead on the story.

HICCUP/

Grave of Aussie digger found in Vietnam

23:03 AEST Fri Aug 29 2008

16 hours 20 minutes ago

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.
His patrol was being "hot extracted" by a RAAF helicopter at the time and despite an extensive search of the rough terrain, Private Fisher was lost without trace.
Federal Minister for Defence, Science and Personnel Warren Snowden said an investigation team had uncovered an identification tag and bones after pinpointing a burial area in the Cam My region of Vietnam.
"An identification tag inscribed with Private Fisher's details has been found at the site," Mr Snowden said in a statement.
"This is an extraordinary discovery that together with the small quantity of bones recovered in the dig, strongly suggests we have located the grave of Private Fisher and we wait with some confidence for formal identification by Australian and Vietnamese forensic specialists."
He said the investigation team had carried out research, including interviews with locals and Vietnamese veterans earlier this year, before a full scale archaeological dig was undertaken last week.
The remains will be transported to Hanoi for further forensic tests before being released to the Australian government for repatriation to Australia.
Mr Snowden said the Australian investigation team had received assistance from Vietnamese authorities in locating the fallen soldier.

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