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Last Aussie soldier to return home from Vietnam

9/10/2008 8:41:00 AM.  | Sarah Wiley
Australia's last missing soldier from the Vietnam War Private David Fisher will be brought home today following a ceremony in Hanoi.

Private Fisher died during the Vietnarm War, after he fell off a rope hanging from a helicopter in 1969, and after 39 years, his remains were found in August.

The special Special Air Service trooper's family are in Vietnam where they will take part in a ceremony before escorting the soldier's remains home.

All members of the Vietnam veteran community are invited to a ceremony tomorrow at the RAAF base in Richmond.

Private Fisher is the last missing soldier to be located from the Vietnam war - however Two Royal Australian Air Force personnel are still unaccounted for.

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