RAAF Ground Defence Officers -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand Ubon Thailand Flg Off Barry E S Williamson Flg Off Brian Lawler Flg Off Glen Hombsch Flg Off Tom Turnbull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- South Vietnam 2 Squadron RAAF Phan-Rang Flg Off Rob Lyon O223127 Flt Lt George Foskitt...12-12-67...11-12-68..2 Sqn O43965 FLT LT Glen Hombsh 0224047 Kenneth G Lawson...3-12-68...1-10-69...2 Sqn 0216681 Brian J Lawler...24-9-69...24-9-70...2 Sqn O220069 Flt Lt Barry E S Williamson...9-9-70...17-6-71...2Sqn 1Operational Support Unit RAAF Vung-Tau 019292 Flg Off Lionel Bleakley...18-11-70...28-2-72/ 1OSU Flt Lt Barry Ellison 053625 Flt Lt James B H Brown...8-10-68...8-10-69/1OSU 0314780 Flg Off Terence J Howe...30-1-68...29-9-68/1OSU O43965 FLT LT Glen Hombsh USAF Pliueku / Phu Cat. O43965 FLT LT Glen Hombsh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- East Timor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iraq --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I note that when scrolling through  the list of Ground defence officers serving overses that no mention has been made of my service in Vietnam, first  working with the USAF in Pliueku. Phu Cat. , briefly with 2sqn (with George Foskett) and finally taking over from Terry Howe in Vungtau   in Sep 1968 (1OSU) Regards , Glen Hombsch WGCDR (Retd)