now that i've got "other projects" up and running and handed over to good people to run with , i am returning back to my previous work of Veterans welfare, especially our Indigenous ( Aboriginal or Koori ) troops
on Saturday evening i was invited to attend a celebration and to help launch a campaign here to help bring some of our WW2 veterans home from the New Guinea battlefields where they fell
Saterdays event was for the Archibald family
below the story from the link and Frank Archibalds cousin and myself , "Uncle" Richard Archibald ( Uncle is respectfull term here for a tribal elder and how i address "men of law" and elders )
http://aap.newscentre.com.au/cpsunat.../26301942.html
we'll be raising funds to get the family across at least and we hope to bring Franks remains home sometime after ANZAC Day 2012
funny thing is when i was younger Uncle Richard and myself attended the same Church for many years without knowing of his efforts to bring his family home , wish we knew then but many Aboriginal folks dont speak up about such personal things .. its time folks speak up
All our troops need to be brought home