RSL Australia Condemns Vandalisation of Vietnam War Memorial

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The Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) has strongly condemned the vandalisation of the Vietnam War Memorial in Canberra.

Overnight, vandals painted graffiti on the Vietnam War Memorial on Anzac Parade in an apparent protest to highlight the situation in Gaza.

RSL National President Greg Melick said the vandalism would be deplored by all fair-minded Australians.

“People are entitled to protest, but the desecration of a memorial to those who served, suffered and died in the Vietnam conflict is to be deplored,” Greg Melick said.

“The protesters should have chosen another way to get their message across.

“The brave Australian service personnel who served in Vietnam had nothing to do with the current conflict in Gaza and to use their memorial as a platform to protest is contemptable.

“On behalf of the RSL and all who have served and continue to serve our nation, we condemn the actions of the protesters.”

Greg Melick said the desecration of the memorial did nothing to enhance the cause of those suffering in the Middle East.