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(Sgt) Richard and Carol Hails, from Toowoomba; and (Sgt) Bob and Barb Clarke, from Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 16, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

A special group gathered at the Kingaroy RSL Club on Saturday, some of whom hadn’t seen each other for half a century.<\/p>\n

The men all served as RAAF armourers, or “gunnies” as they prefer to be known, during the Vietnam years.<\/p>\n

Armourers are the servicemen who load the all-important bomb and bullet payloads on planes and helicopters.<\/p>\n

The men and their wives travelled from the Sunshine Coast, Ipswich, Maryborough and Caloundra for the reunion.<\/p>\n

All worked on either Iroquois choppers or Canberra bombers at\u00a0Vung Tau or\u00a0Phan Rang.<\/p>\n

Kingaroy was selected as three of the veterans now live in the town.<\/p>\n

Barry Krosch, who served as a Leading Aircraftman in 2nd Squadron,\u00a0 was the main organiser of the reunion.<\/p>\n

The group enjoyed lunch at the club.<\/p>\n

They now hope to make the reunion an annual event.<\/p>\n

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(Sgt) John Campbell, Kingaroy, and (Sgt) Warren Martens, Ipswich … Warren formerly lived at the Bunya Mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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(Warrant Officer) Barry Faulkner, Brisbane, and (LAC) Barry Krosch, Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Noela and (Sgt) Peter Daetz (front) from Maryborough, with (Warrant Officer) Peter Shaw, from Caloundra (back)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lyn and (Warrant Officer) Mick Boyle, from Sunshine Coast … Mick is originally from Wondai<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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