The remains of 25 Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War and buried in Malaysia and Singapore along with eight dependents, arrive at the Richmond Air Force base near Sydney to a full military ceremony. The Australian government last year offered repatriation to the families of 35 service personnel interred at the Terendak Military Cemetary in Malaysia and the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore and 33 accepted. / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST
SYDNEY,: The remains of Australian troops killed in the Vietnam War and their families were returned to Sydney Thursday in a formal military ceremony, half a century after being buried in Malaysia and Singapore.
Thirty-three bodies, interred in Malaysia’s Terendak Cemetery and Singapore’s Kranji War Cemetery, were brought home in flag-drapped coffins on two Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft.
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