Wednesday,
16 July 2025
Young soldier remembered in Vietnam Veterans Vigil next week

A VIETNAM Veterans Vigil being held next Thursday will remember the life of a young soldier killed in action in the Vietnam War.

Beechworth RSL Sub-Branch president John Eldrid said Paul John Navarre at 21 years old died on the June 6, 1970, with his mortal remains brought back to Australia where he was given a military funeral.

The young rifleman-private is buried with his mother in the Beechwo...

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