DEFENCE MEDIA ALERT
Issued by Ministerial Support and Public Affairs, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT
Phone: 02 6127 1999, Fax: 02 6265 1545
MSPA 288/09
Friday, 28 August 2009
REPATRIATION OF FLYING OFFICER MICHAEL HERBERT
AND PILOT OFFICER ROBERT CARVER
WHAT:
Still imagery and vision of the Repatriation ceremony for Flying
Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, Noi Bai
airfield, Hanoi.
WHEN:
Sunday 30 August at approximately 5.30 pm
HOW:
Vision will be fed to television networks at Parliament House,
Canberra. Still imagery will be available on the Defence website at
BACKGROUND:
On Sunday 30 August, Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver’s remains will
be formally handed over during a ceremony at Noi Bai airfield, Hanoi.
Flying Officer Michael Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver, from No. 2
Squadron, were lost with their Canberra bomber on 3 November 1970 while returning
to base following a mission.
Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver were Australia’s last missing ADF
members from the Vietnam War. They will be welcomed home in a ceremony at
RAAF Base Richmond on Monday 31 August.
Media Note:
Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver’s biographies and still images are
available at:
Air Force archival vision of Canberra bombers and footage of the recovery mission in
Vietnam in July 2009 will be fed to Federal Press Gallery networks at Parliament
House, Friday 28 August 2009.
Voice grabs will be available at:
Media contact:
Defence Media Liaison: 02 6127 1999 or 0408 498 664
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