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I Was Only Nineteen

SLR: L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (FN-FAL), standard 7.62 mm semi-automatic rifle issued to Australian infantrymen during the Vietnam War.


Canungra, Queensland

In Redgum's #1 single "I Was Only Nineteen", Canungra is referred to as one of the bases used for training during the Vietnam war.

Shoalwater Bay

Shoalwater Bay is mentioned in I Was Only Nineteen, the #1 single by Redgum from the 1983 album Caught in the Act.


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