Australian Forces Lost and Found Listings

These entries are listed in the order received. To answer or to obtain further information, contact the person listed using the address, telephone number, or email form included. Please provide the squad leader for this section, Mike Hopkins with feedback regarding corrections, matches made, and recommended improvements.

Updated 6 Apr, 1997


Trying to locate: Peter Didems (or Didums (Sp?))
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: 1st Australian Task Force, Signal Battalion
Where served: Signal Battalion in Vung Tau (sp?)
When served: 1969

Message is: I am Bruce Baccei, looking for Lt Peter Didems (Didums (sp?)) and Lt. Peter Emery. They served in the Signal Battallion of the First Australian Task Force near Vung Tau during 1969. Peter Didems graduated from the Australian Military Academy, probably in 1967. At that time I was a Lt/Cpt serving with the 53rd Signal Bn.
Please contact: Bruce Baccei
Mailing address: 108 W Byers Pl #207
City, State, Zip: Denver CO 80223
Or send email to Bruce Baccei using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: Al Couper
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: 8Plt C Coy 7RAR (2nd Tour)
Where served: Eastern Phuoc Tuy Province - South Vietnam
When served: 1970-71

Message is: Would like to hear from you Al...please contact at the above E-mail address
Please contact: Ken LEvi
Mailing address:
City, State, Zip: Australia
Or send email to Ken LEvi using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: GLENN T EURE
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Unit was: A BATTERY 35 BATTLION 155mm SP
Where served: With the Aussies Phuoc Tuy Province South Vietnam
When served: 1966 through to 1967

Message is: Glenn,
Please contact: BOB BUICK
Mailing address: 167 Arthur Terrace
City, State, Zip: RED HILL QUEENSLAND 4059 AUSTRALIA
Or send email to BOB BUICK using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: DAVID THOMPSON or THOMSON
Branch of Service: Army
Unit was: ARTILLERY
Where served: VIETNAM
When served: JUNE 1972 - NOVEMBER 1972

Message is: I WISH TO MAKE CONTACT WITH DAVID THOMPSON/THOMSON (?).DAVID WAS ORIGINALLY FROM SYDNEY.BUT LIVED AT LAVERACK BARRACKS IN TOWNSVILLE FROM 1971-73.HE HAD A ISLAND GIRLFRIEND NAMED KRIS, NICKNAMED ROSIE. HIS LEG WAS INJURED FROM THE WAR AND WAS SENT TO RECOVER IN A SYDNEY HOSPITAL. HE'S VERY TALL WITH DARK HAIR AND IN HIS WOULD BE 40's. IF YOU REMEMBER OLD MRS TIPOTI AND HER SON BILL. AND GRANDCHILDREN TOMMY AND NANCEY FROM BELL STREET. THEN PLEASE MAKE CONTACT WITH ME. THEY STILL THINK OF YOU DAVE, AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU.
Please contact: RAE TIPOTI
Mailing address: FLAT 2/32 FRANK STREET KIRWAN
City, State, Zip: TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND,4817
Or send email to RAE TIPOTI using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: Laurie Drinkwater,
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: D Coy 6RAR
Where served: South Vietnam, Nui Dat
When served: 1966

Message is: Paul Dwyer is trying to contact you
Please contact: Greg `NODDY` Nordberg
Mailing address: 5 Drewe Street,
City, State, Zip: Bundaberg , Qld,Australia 4670
Or send email to Greg `NODDY` Nordberg using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: All members Det 8 Pet Pl, RAASC, SVN
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: 8 Petroleum Platoon, RAASC (or Det)
Where served: Nui Dat, Vung Tau and province area, SVN
When served: All years

Message is: I am trying to organise a reunion of all unit members including those who did not serve overseas and I am seeking details of all members.
Please contact: Ray Hutchinson
Mailing address: 35 Victoria Road
City, State, Zip: Kinglake, Victoria, 3763
Or send email to Ray Hutchinson using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: FLT SGT STANNLEY RICHARD
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was:
Where served: RAF Lakenheath, UK
When served: WWII

Message is: I'm attempting to help a British person locate information on his farther who was lost over Germany during WWII. This person never new who his farther was until a couple of months agao. Upon the death of his mother he received word who his real farther was. I've been helping him to locate information on his farther. So far we know that he was with a crew from the RAAF or New Zealand Air Force. When his farther's plane was lost there was only one person known to come out of it alive; the pilot who was from New Zealand. What I'm looking for now is a person or office we can contact with all the information we have to see if we can find out anything about the crew and perhaps more on this person's farther. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
Please contact: DAVID B. TENNEY
Mailing address: PSC37, BOX 3196
City, State, Zip: APO AE 09459 OR RAF Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 8NF, UK
Or send email to DAVID B. TENNEY using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: R. H. (TUG) WHEELER
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: HMAS BRISBANE
Where served: VIETNAM WATERS
When served: 1971

Message is: "Tug" left the Royal Australian Navy on returning to Australia, and moved to Seattle, Washington to live. He was to marry a local girl and go into her fathers business, which I believe was in the hardware industry. Nobody in our Association (HMAS BRISBANE) has heard of him since. I hope that he has joined a local chapter of your Vietnam Veterans Assoc. and can be tracked down.
Please contact: KERRY KERR
Mailing address: 1 CHIPP COURT,
City, State, Zip: BELLA VISTA, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA. 2153
Or send email to KERRY KERR using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: RAAF
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: RAAF
Where served: Nui Dat
When served: 1969/71

Message is: Looking for anyone who woked/lived with JADE FACS out of Nui Dat. Also looking for information on any POW/MIA programs you may have in your area. Please see http://www.vietvet.org/ukmem.htm for information on the program we have here.
Please contact: DAVID B. TENNEY
Mailing address: PSC37, BOX 3196
City, State, Zip: APO AE 09459 or RAF Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 8NF, UK
Or send email to DAVID B. TENNEY using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate:
Branch of Service: Other
Unit was:
Where served:
When served:

Message is: Lionel Troy and the Alpha Omega, Vietnam 1968-72 I was the leader of an Australian show-group in Vietnam called, Alpha >Omega. We were a professional group of musicians and singers who served >in Vietnam at various times from 1968-1972. We were not a USO outfit. We >lived off the local economy. We had no US or Australian base or travel privileges. Unlike the official USO entertainers in Vietnam, my group stayed in Vietnam for up to a year at a time. We travelled all over the Nam, from the DMZ to the Delta, by air and by road, often without a military escort. I would like to hear from Veterans who remember the Alpha Omega. I am also seeking copies of photographs and any other material Veterans may have of my group. Because of our unofficial status, the contribution >made by my group and others to the War effort in Vietnam has not been recognised - at least in Australia. Perhaps, if I get enough material, I might consider writing a book on the subject of Entertainers in Vietnam - or has somebody done that already? Best Regards to all the Vets I met in Vietnam, Lionel Duncombe (Stage Name - Lionel Troy). My current Email addresses are: duncombe@amaze.net.au Or duncombe@bigfoot.com Snail Mail: Lionel Duncombe P.O Box 1251 Dee Why 2099 Sydney New South Wales Australia
Please contact: Lionel Duncombe
Mailing address: P.O Box 1251
City, State, Zip: Dee Why 2099, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Or send email to Lionel Duncombe using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: 'Sting' Hornet
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: D Company 6 Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Where served: Nui Dat and Phuoc Tuy Province
When served: 1966/67

Message is: Sting. If you are out there I would really like to talk to you. I have some ghosts who need quietening and perhaps you can help. Your confirmation of receiving this note and a reply would put one of them to rest. Regards Pat Duggan (F.O party 161 Battery attached to D Company until just before the accident when Jack Kirby was killed) Please contact: Patrick J Duggan
Mailing address: 426 Innes Road
City, State, Zip: Christchurch 8001. New Zealand
Or send email to Patrick J Duggan using this automatic email form"



Trying to locate: Long Xuyen hospital workers from Australia
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was:
Where served: Long Xuyen, South Vietnam
When served: 1964-1970

Message is: I am trying to get in touch with any Australians who were assigned to work in the civilian hospital located in Long Xuyen, South Vietnam. Please contact me by E-Mail at slowik@blyonline.com
Please contact: Richard A. Slowik
Mailing address: 1708 North Broadway
City, State, Zip: Blytheville AR 72315-1313
Or send email to Richard A. Slowik using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate: Douglas H. Kippen
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: Austrailian Army boats
Where served: Cat Lo
When served: 1969-1970

Message is: I'm trying to Find Douglas H. Kippen who was with an Austrailian Army boat unit in Cat Lo in 1969-1970. My last known address for Doug was Brisbane, Queensland. If anyone knows Doug please have him write or send me his address so I can write to him. Trying to locate: Cannot remember name - Warrant Officer
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was: Australian Embassy Military Attache'
Where served: Saigon - Australian Embassy
When served: 1972 (February)

Message is: Trying to re-establish contact with you. Visited you and your family in February 1972. I was a helicopter pilot with the 1st Cav and was looking at the possibility of going to Australia and joining the Australian Army.
Please contact: COL A.J. Welch
Mailing address: 1505 Tally Ho Ct.
City, State, Zip: Kokomo, Indiana, 46902
Or send email to COL A.J. Welch using this automatic email form"


Trying to locate:
Branch of Service: Austrailian Services
Unit was:
Where served:
When served:

Message is:
Please contact: Kelvin John Corbett
Mailing address: 8 Baden Street
City, State, Zip: BENDIGO, Vic 3550, AUSTRALIA
Or send email to Kelvin John Corbett using this automatic email form"