{"id":206952,"date":"2018-04-22T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T08:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=206952"},"modified":"2020-08-05T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T00:42:43","slug":"another-special-guest-for-anzac-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/04\/22\/another-special-guest-for-anzac-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Special Guest For Anzac Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vikings star Travis Fimmel will be ditching the furs and sword in favour of an SLR and jungle greens in the upcoming movie “Danger Close” … Travis will be visiting Wooroolin on Anzac Day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 22, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian actor Travis Fimmel will be another of the special guests at Wooroolin’s Anzac Day ceremony on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Travis, best-known for his starring role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the historical TV drama Vikings, has been cast as Long Tan veteran\u00a0Lieutenant Colonel Harry Smith in a movie, “Danger Close”, about the famous battle.<\/p>\n

The feature film\u00a0has begun production in Queensland and parts of the action will be shot in and around the Wooroolin wetlands and a nearby paulownia plantation.<\/p>\n

The real-life Harry Smith, now 84, and a number of other Long Tan veterans will also be coming to Wooroolin on Wednesday as special guests for the Anzac Day commemoration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The battle of Long Tan – between a small group of Australian troops and a much larger contingent of Viet Cong – was fought in August 1966 in a rubber plantation only kilometres from the Australia base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province. It resulted in\u00a018 Australians killed and 24 wounded; VC casualties have been estimated at 245 killed and 350 wounded.<\/p>\n

It is Australia’s best-known battle of the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

Shooting of “Danger Close” is expected to begin within three weeks.<\/p>\n

Wooroolin\u2019s Anzac Day commemoration service will be held at the Wooroolin Memorial Hall on the Bunya Highway at 11:15am.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The service will be preceded by a parade along Wooroolin\u2019s CBD at 11:00am, and be followed by a Wooroolin Lions barbecue.<\/p>\n