A lookout from Fire Support Base Coral in Vietnam. May, 1968. Picture: Alan “Jack” Parr. Surrounded by North Vietnamese soldiers in thick scrub, the 26-day Battle of Coral-Balmoral saw Diggers ...

Unlike events such as the Battle of Long Tan, the Battle of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral is not well remembered in Australia — a notable victory in a war ultimately lost. For many years ...

COMMITTEE chairman Alan (Jack) Parr is confident of a successful national reunion of Fire Support Base Coral Vietnam veterans in Rockhampton from May 23-26. The reunion will commemorate the 45th ...

It was awarded for Private Norden's actions during the battle of Fire Support Base Coral in 1968, where he ran into enemy fire to reach a wounded comrade. An Australian soldier who ran into ...

“A lot of individual acts of bravery were carried out, but in reality the soldiers were all heroes and they’ve finally been recognised.” ...

A forgotten episode of Australian military history has finally been recognised 50 years after it occurred in the jungles of Vietnam.

Private Abbott was a 21-year-old national serviceman killed in the Vietnam War Battle of Fire Support Base Coral in 1968. Although there's a space for his name on the roll, he's never been listed.

During the 1968 Battle of Fire Support Base Coral, the young soldier showed extraordinary bravery by running towards North Vietnamese enemy fire to retrieve his section commander who had been shot.