Image Gallery: September 2009
07 September 2009
Funeral for FLGOFF Michael Herbert
Family and friends, along with government and military representatives, gather for the funeral of Flying Officer Michael Herbert at St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide. Flying Officer Herbert was repatriated by the Royal Australian Air Force from Vietnam to Australia on 30 August 2009 with military ceremonies in both Hanoi, Vietnam and at Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond, New South Wales.
Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Robert Carver went missing in action when the Royal Australian Air Force Canberra Bomber they were flying in disappeared on 3 November 1970 while returning to base following a bombing mission. As part of Operation Magpies Return, the remains of Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver, along with the wreckage of their aircraft, were located in thick jungle in a remote and sparsely populated area of Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.
The return of Flying Officer Herbert and Pilot Officer Carver of Number 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, completes the search for all missing Australian Defence Force personnel who died while on operations during the Vietnam Conflict.
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Flying Officer Michael Herbert's brother and sister, Shane and Kerryn, place rose petals on his coffin at Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin AM,
presents a Royal Australian Air Force Ensign to Flying Officer Michael Herbert’s family after the funeral at St.
Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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The coffin of Flying Officer Michael Herbert is carried by a Royal Australian Air Force Bearer party to the buiral site at Centennial Park Cemetery in Adelaide.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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A Royal Australian Air Force Bearer Party carries Flying Officer Michael Herbert's coffin from St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral to the hearse after the funeral service
in Adelaide.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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The coffin of Flying Officer Michael Herbert in front of the altar during the funeral service at St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia.
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(L to R) Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mark Binskin AM and Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon John Faulkner, during the funeral service for Flying Officer Michael Herbert at St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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Kerryn Herbert (Sister) and Shane Herbert (brother) during the funeral service for Flying Officer Michael Herbert at St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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The coffin of Flying Officer Michael Herbert, surrounded by a Royal Australian Air Force bearer party, in front of the altar at St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral in Adelaide.
(Date taken: 07 September 2009)
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