Vietnam ANZAC Tour for Veteran Families – March 2025
It was our honor to host Vietnam ANZAC Tour for Australian – New Zealand veteran families who visit Vietnam years after the war. To keep their memories, AN Tours Vietnam will list the veteran families who have done the Battle of Long Tan Tour – Nui Dat with us.
TREVOR THOMAS LOWE’s Family
Name: TREVOR THOMAS LOWE
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: 54283
Service Time in Vietnam: 1968-1972
Born: Kellerberrin, Western Australia – 9 November 1942
Military Unit: 2 Troop, C Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) – B Squadron, 1st Armoured Regiment (1AR) – A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment (3 CAV), Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC)
His family – Brooke Lowe did the Battle of Long Tan Tour: Journey of Past & Present with AN Tours Vietnam on 30/10/2024.
BRIAN HALLS’s Family
Name: BRIAN HALLS
Rank: Corporal
Service Number: 1730953
Service time in Vietnam: 1966-1970
Born: 2 February 1945
Military Unit: 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR)
His family – Chris Cooper did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 02/12/2024.
STANLEY BUCKHAM’s Family
Name: STANLEY BUCKHAM
Rank: Warrant Officer
Service Number: A2359
Service Time in Vietnam: 1965-1968
Born: Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia – 24 May 1924
Military Unit: RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam & No. 35 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
His family – Stanley Buckham Jr. and Cheryl Buckham did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 23/12/2024.
BARRY JAMES ARNOLD’s Family
Name: BARRY JAMES ARNOLD
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 1733755
Service time in Vietnam: 1968-1969
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – 10 March 1945
Military Unit: 17th Construction Squadron – 3rd Field Squadron – 55 Engineer Workshop and Park Squadron (55 EWPS), Royal Australian Engineers (RAE)
His family – Karen Barber and her daughter did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 12/02/2025.
ALLYN KINGSLEY PHENNA’s Family
Name: ALLYN KINGSLEY PHENNA
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 58841
Service time in Vietnam: 1970-1971
Born: Perth, Western Australia – 14 March 1947
Military Unit: 1st Australian Task Force Light Aid Detachment (1ATF LAD), Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME)
His family – Mark Phenna did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 17/02/2025.
JAMES MAITLAND COPELAND’s Family
Name: JAMES MAITLAND COPELAND
Rank: Sergeant
Service Number: A55373
Service time in Vietnam: 1969-1970
Born: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England – 29 May 1929
Military Unit: No. 1 Operational Support Unit (1OSU), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)
His family – Jamie Copeland did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 27/02/2025.
WAYNE THOMAS KIEHNE’s Family
Name: WAYNE THOMAS KIEHNE
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service Number: 2794001
Service time in Vietnam: 1970-1971
Born: Warialda, New South Wales, Australia – 1 March 1949
Military Unit: 55 Engineer Workshop and Park Squadron (55 EWPS), Royal Australian Engineers (RAE)
His family – Clare Adams did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 18/03/2025.
PETER JAMES MAHER’s Family
Name: PETER JAMES MAHER
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3787491
Service time in Vietnam: 1967
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 25 January 1945
Military Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR)
His family – Alan Maher did the Long Tan – Nui Dat with AN Tours Vietnam on 19/03/2025.
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