DEFENCE MEDIA ALERT
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 291/09
Sunday, 30 August 2009
RECEPTION CEREMONY FOR THE LATE FLYING OFFICER
MICHAEL HERBERT AND PILOT OFFICER ROBERT CARVER
What:
A reception ceremony for the late Flying Officer Michael Herbert and
Pilot Officer Robert Carver, who are being brought home from
Vietnam.
Who:
Minister for Defence Personnel, Materiel and Science, the Hon Greg
Combet MP; Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Support, the Hon Dr
Mike Kelly MP; Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin; family
members of Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert
Carver, members of the Vietnam Veteran community, and other
members of the Royal Australian Air Force will attend the ceremony.
When:
10:30am Monday 31 August 2009.
Where:
RAAF Base Richmond, Percival Street, Richmond NSW.
Background:
An Air Force-led team has recovered the remains of FLGOFF Herbert and PLTOFF
Carver, who were lost with their Canberra bomber on 3 November 1970, while
returning to base following a bombing mission.
Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver from No. 2 Squadron were Australia’s
last missing ADF members from the Vietnam War.
Media note:
Access to the base will be permitted from 8.30am, from the external Base car park
(off Percival Street).
Photo identification, such as a driver’s licence is required to enter a Defence base.
Please note Defence Media has a new phone number: 02 6127 1999.
The existing number will be automatically diverted to the new number for three months. The
existing after-hours duty mobile 0408 498 664 will remain.
Media contact:
Danielle Kuhn 0405 310 176
Dane Svenson 0411 203 579
Defence Media Liaison: 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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