Fed: ADF close to locating last missing soldier

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2008
Fed: ADF close to locating last missing soldier

Australian investigators may be one step closer to solving the mystery of the country's
last missing Army soldier from the Vietnam War.

Private DAVID FISHER from the Special Air Services Regiment fell into the jungle from
a rope while an RAAF helicopter was attempting to rescue him.

Fresh investigations with locals and Vietnamese veterans have allowed investigators
to pinpoint a possible location where some human remains have been found.

The Defence Department says a Defence Forensic Anthropologist .. an Archaeologist and
several Army historians will conduct a full archaeological dig there this week.

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KEYWORD: SOLDIER (CANBERRA)

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