By virtue of the authority invested in me as the President of the United States and as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, I have today awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for extraordinary heroism to D Company, Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, The Australian Army.
D Company distinguished itself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in military operations against an opposing armed force in Vietnam on 18 August 1966.
While searching for Viet Cong in a rubber plantation northeast of Ba Ria, Phuoc Tuy, Province, Republic of Vietnam, D Company met and immediately engaged in heavy contact. As the battle developed, it became apparent that the men of D Company were facing a numerically superior force. The platoons of D Company were surrounded and attacked on all sides by an estimated reinforced enemy battalion using automatic weapons, small arms and mortars. Fighting courageously against a well armed and determined foe, the men on D Company maintained their formations in a common perimeter defence and inflicted heavy casualties on the Viet Cong.
The enemy maintained a continuous, intense volume of fire and attacked repeatedly from all directions. Each successive assault was repulsed by the courageous Australians. Heavy rainfall and low ceiling prevented any friendly close air support during the battle. After three hours of savage attacks, having failed to penetrate the Australian lines, the enemy withdrew from the battlefield carrying many dead and wounded, and leaving 245 Viet Cong dead forward of the defence positions of D Company.
The conspicuous courage, intrepidity and indomitable courage of D Company were to the highest tradition of military valour and reflect great credit upon D Company and the Australian Army. Lyndon B. Johnson on 28 May 1968
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On 18th August, 2011, the 45th anniversary of the battle, members of 6RAR were awarded a unit citation; presented by the Governor General of Australia Quentin Bryce.
For an Australian television account of the battle which can be watched for free online, go to: Battle of Long Tan.
View of Anzac Cove at Gallipoli, Turkey shortly after the landing of 25 April, 1915Current version of the Australian Army's Rising Sun badge used since 1991.
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Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours.
You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.
After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.
At this hour, on this day, Anzac received its baptism of fire and became one of the immortal names in history. We who are gathered here think of the comrades who went out with us to battle but did not return. We feel them still near us in spirit. We wish to be worthy of their great sacrifice. Let us, therefore, once again dedicate ourselves to the service of the ideals for which they died. As the dawn is even now about to pierce the night, so let their memory inspire us to work for the coming of the new light into the dark places of the world.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Hi, I'm not too sure to be honest, but I'm presuming it has been resolved now since it now says 1960? Good job on noticing it, I must have made a mistake when I made it - can't believe it remained this long! Thanks, Allied45 (talk) 03:17, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well this site lists Hugh O'Brian as the "guest presenter", so it could very well be the US actor. I would also assume you are correct about Gerald Lyons, it seems like too big a coincidence. I also noticed that the same site says neither the 1961 or 1962 awards were televised, whereas Wikipedia says they were both broadcast on ABC (the 1962 page actually says "Nine Network" so clearly there is some inconsistency). Wow, we really have some issues when it comes to sourcing historical info for the Logies! Allied45 (talk) 11:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well 'Aunty' ABC would have to be right, wouldn't she? Heres another site with info about Lyons@4 Corners, "The Museum of Broadcast Communications" FOUR CORNERS-Australian Current Affairs Program. Here Lyons was apparently involved in the first report on the then secret Lockheed U-2 spy plane. He may be worth his own article. Re "sourcing historical info", from back in the 60s most references are on paper ie Books not Net! Heres one Pullan, Robert. Four Corners--Twenty-Five Years. Sydney, Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1986. • So we have a possible ref for Hugh O'Brian(US actor) at the 1960 Logies, you'd think they would note if he was a visiting US 'Star' (perhaps he was so well known then everyone 'knew'?) I'd like a bit more certainty before linking to him. Speaking generally, I have found that the bios of even some very notable Australian sports people are very/were sparsely referenced. Look at the Aussie comedian Roy Rene, "one of the most well-known and successful Australian comedians of the 20th century", a definite lack of 'footnotes'. - 220.101talk\Contribs12:48, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's not for giving me the smack in the first place, which was entirely appropriate, but implying (1) my mistake might have been intentional, and (2) I wouldn't have been capable of such a mistake if I were a quantum physicist. Remember to AGF, my friend. Cheers, --JaGatalk22:47, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You're funny. ;) I looked at Prem Lata Sharma, hoping I could place an A10, but didn't see any common content. As for the title, I capped and dropped the town name. Hope all is well. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy)10:28, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, cool! Now I have a source to add to the article in order to remove the BLP PROD!! (or do you want to add it?) LOL Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy)10:50, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
When I saw the user name (Forthesimpleandpureliving (talk·contribs) ) I thought, couldn't be a POV pusher could they? Nay, Assume Good Faith thought I! (Which will now be much harder for me to do in the near future.)
Thanks for coming back and proving I wasn't imagining that it was only me they weren't listening to ! I think they were at roughly5RR when I wrote them my last personal note, and before you posted to their talk again. Sigh! (Noobs!)
A classic example (IMHO) of why it's not such a great idea that brand new inexperienced editors are able to create articles! (At least we finally got an edit summary out of them. After 4 requests!) Happy Administrating! - 220.101talk\Contribs16:19, 7 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Why "Thank you very much", Hurricanefan25. Did I do anything in particular that impressed you? I assure you though, there are some IP editors whose contributions dwarf mine (and those of many registered editors too!) Can't recall their IP, but they are there. Happy editing! 220.101.30talk\edits (aka 220.101) 14:37, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello 220.101, you might be interested in this proposal by the Wikimedia Foundation to archive all IP talk pages after 3-7 days of page inactivity. As this proposal will affect you, I thought you might like to be informed before it is implemented. As I know you don't particularly care for bots auto-archiving your talk page. Best, Alpha_Quadrant(talk)16:21, 5 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
One of the few IP users to have a user page.
Hello 220.101.28.25. You are one of the very few friendly IP addresses to have a user page, and one of the very few IPs to have ever achieved a barnstar. I wish your time on Wikipedia to be great, and all of the best to the future.
2.216.191.10 (talk) 21:04, 22 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! You are cordially invited to a classical music edit-a-thon Saturday week (13 October) in Sydney. The theme will be Music of France, to coincide with the ABC Classic FM countdown between 8-14 October. If you are unable to attend in person, we will also be collaborating online during the countdown.
Details an attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Sydney/October 2012. Hope you can make it! John Vandenberg10:01, 3 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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End of 'My' editing from this IP
I started editing WP from this IP on 11 September 2009, now after 11,912 edits over 25 months (and 32 talk page stalkers), it will cease to be 'mine' as the Unwired wireless Internet system will be no more as of midnight 28 February 2013. Optus bought Unwired in 2012 and I imagine the IP will also be theirs now.
It's interesting that, considering the alleged shortage of IP addresses that this IP remained 'mine' for so long, it only seemed to change, 220.101.30.184 (talk·contribs), when I edited from another location (same modem & computer), or changed computer (same modem & location, hence my current IP), although I have feeling it may have also changed when IPV6 came in. (OMG look at it 2002:DC65:1D67:0:0:0:DC65:1D67 (22 characters), it was 220.101.29.103 a moment ago!?? & back again!)
If any other WP editors use this IP, good luck to you, just don't try to claim the edits I did, and respect the (apparently) good reputation I gained.
Hi there! You are cordially invited to an edit-a-thon this Saturday (21 September) in Sydney at the State Library of New South Wales, where you can collaborate with other Wikipedians throughout the day. Andy Carr, a senior librarian at SLNSW will also be helping out. The theme of the edit-a-thon is paralympics sports, but you are free to come along and meet other wiki contributors while editing other topics.
p.s. Congrats on starting an account. Hopefully, you are watching this page still, and consider attending the workshop. I'd also encourage you to add your account to the relevant category to receive annoying notices like this ;-) John Vandenberg(chat)08:41, 19 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Invitation
There is a backstage pass coming up to be followed by an editathon in the State Library of New South Wales on 23 November. This is the first time that an Australian cultural institution has opened its doors to us in this way and will be a special opportunity because the Library is providing: one of its best rooms; its expert curators (along with their expertise and their white gloves); a newly launched website (containing new resources); and of course, items from its collection (including rare and usually unavailable material) which we can look at, learn from, and use, to improve WP articles. For example, on the chosen topic (Australia and WWI), the Library holds many diaries and manuscripts from the period.
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