Karl Vincent Curtis

Work: West Coast mines (Tas) Papermakers (Burnie) Taxi driver (Launceston) Cement Plant manager (Launceston) Comalco (Bell Bay) National Service as a Private with 4RAR/NZ Royal Australian Regiment in Vietnam (1968) The batlalions tour of duty included: Operation Toan Thang II on the Bien Hoa-Long Binh border, before conducting patrols through Phuoc Tuy. It was subsequently conducting patrols, ambushes, and searches along the Long Khanh-Bien Hoa border in an attempt to disrupt Viet Cong activity and deny them access to supplies as part of Operation Hawkesbury. 4 RAR/NZ returned to the Long Khanh-Bien Hoa border as part of Operation Goodwood. Karl witnessed a Tasmanian mate killed and participated in ambushes which resulted in the loss of many enemy soldiers & some Australian mates. This has left him in an ongoing disturbed state.