LOST & FOUND

THE SEARCH
The search for ex-personnel of 1st Australian Field Hospital began in earnest after the Reunion in Melbourne, March 1996. After this Reunion we had a financial base of just 18 people, and a mailing list of approx. 150 people. Fortunately for us, not long after the Reunion, the Department of Veteran Affairs released the Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans - so off we ran to the Government Book Shop to purchase the computer version of the Roll.

Military - Membership to the 1st (Aust) Field Hospital Association is available to ‘ALL’ personnel, past and present, that have served with the unit and attached units over the years since 1968 and is NOT restricted to Vietnam Vets only.

This is important for two reasons: -

1. It is important that the members of our Defence Forces know that they have the support of others who have served before them, and
2. To ensure the “LEGEND OF THE VAMPIRE” lives on!

Membership is open to people on the periphery of the unit. For example:-

Patron: MAJGEN David G. Rossi AO Ret'd 

BACKGROUND

In March 1996, the 1st Australian Field Hospital Association finally got off the ground. Several attempts had been made previously but the time was, now, obviously right and the ex-members of the unit were ready to “Come Home”.