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LETTERS OF APPRECIATION (To our team at Leeuwin Advocacy Services) - July 02 -  Aug 02

Each issue of VLSVA newsletter ‘Logsup” The Australian Navy in Vietnam Veterans’ Welfare Association of Western Australia (Inc.) prints letters of appreciation received from those who have had assistance given by them through the VLSVA Welfare Coordinator.

(To our team at Leeuwin Advocacy Services) — “May to July 2002”.

Advocates: - China Hammal; Sally Low; Allen Ellis; Ian McCutcheon; Paddy Peard; Trevor Robbins; John Sanderson; Grattan Shimmen and special thanks for the volunteers staffing the phone and doing a great job as a “T.O.W.”; Ian Dunn; Anthony Samiotis; Shirley Yukich; Alan & Elaine Rodgers and Doug & Grace Craggs. Also we must thank John Exley (due to work commitments); John Jenkins (living too remote); Max Kellow, Greg Smith, Les A. (sick bay), Kevin Gleeson, Val Gleeson, Philip Steel (retirement) that they are unable to assist at the moment. 

I became a ‘Vet’ whilst I was on leave, thanks for your assistance, along with”The General”. Please accept a small donation for your efforts
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Frank

China please accept this $50 donation to put toward your cause. I would like to thank you for the support and advice you gave throughout my application for TPI with John Sanderson.
Keep up the great work many thanks.

Tom H.

Please receive my letter of appreciation, and thanks, for your dedication and help in a successful disability claim, and for myself and my wife’s pension. I add, also my special thanks to “Paddy Peard” his mateship and help to Gwen and myself over many years. My thanks to the staff and volunteers at the Leeuwin Advocacy Office. On behalf of Gwen and myself, please accept a donation of $750 to put towards the Welfare Association and the continued help for the Veterans that need care and support.

John M

Thank you for your help in achieving my part pension. The assistance provided by yourself and staff is greatly appreciated by me and my wife.

A grateful veteran,

I am writing to inform you that I have changed my address, having moved back to Perth from the bush. I have also completed a membership form so that you can update the records. I have also included a cheque for $100 to assist the work of the Association; in appreciation of the support you gave me when I applied for an DVA Pension for partial hearing loss. I have been meaning to write for ages, just never got around to it, as life over the past twelve months has been very hectic. Thanks for your support keep up the great work.

Yours Andrew F.

Firstly, may I offer my sincere congratulations within the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Your recognition by Government is very well deserved and it is true recognition that we, who know and respect you, endorse wholeheartedly. Well-done Shipmate!
Secondly thank you for your kind letter advising finalization of my claim with DVA. I can’t express my gratitude enough for your unstinting support for my case and the ultimate, very successful outcome. If I can ever be of any assistance to you or the association please contact me. In the meantime, I have attached a cheque which I ask you to accept and hope it will assist with the terrific work of the ANVVWA (WA).

Yours aye Ian Mc

Thanks for your assistance and direction in my application for increase in Disability and Pension claim.

Spike J

The patio is up!! No more water splashing away the foundations under my slabs!
Its heaven! And they did a really great job and nice people too.
Many thanks for your generosity China. I hope I can return it in some way to the association.

Keri and Angie L

Please find enclosed my application for membership of the ANVVWA and my donation of $100 that I hope may be of some assistance.
I prefer to join the WA Branch as Fremantle was my home for the most of my service and it provides an opportunity to keep in touch with some most valued friends.

Kind regards Bob E.

Please accept this small donation ($500) in appreciation of your efforts on my behalf without your help all would be just too hard.
Please pass on my thanks to your great (team). You’re a great caring person China. God bless you and yours

George M.

Thank you for your letter and I apologise for taking so long to reply. I am not as competent as I used to be and your letter was lost for a period.
I would like to sincerely thank your association, and particularly John Sanderson, for the great support and encouragement that you provided to me during a particularly difficult time. Without the understanding, expert counseling and friendship offered by John Sanderson I would not have been able to complete the process of establishing my claim with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. As a result of his commitment and expertise, my claim was successful.
I would encourage any veterans who have a potential claim with the Department, to seek expert advice and assistance from your association. I would be happy for this letter to be published in your newsletter, but request my privacy be ensured.
Thank you again for your great support. My donation to the association is enclosed.

Yours sincerely Ken A.

Please accept the enclosed cheque, ($1,000) as a donation towards the wonderful work that you and the Team carry out daily on our behalf, in unwinding the intricate problems associated without individual cases, I also thank you for your professionalism and dedication for which my family and I are eternally grateful.

Yours sincerely Frank F.

This is a small donation ($150) for your group just to say thanks for all your help with my case. I’d have had favorouble outcome thanks to all your tireless work. Again many thanks.

Yours Terry E.
PS keep up the good work.

I am in receipt of your kind letter congratulating me on my increase in Disability Pension and sincerely thank you for your efforts on my behalf.
Please find enclosed my cheque of $100, to in some small way assist in your efforts on behalf of all Veterans. Have just read of you to receive a medal of the Order of Australia, which you richly deserve. Congratulations

Yours sincerely LEO N

I am writing to express my sincere gratitude for your guidance, assistance, persistence and support.
Your actions have contributed to the alleviation of my anxiety and anguish. I truly appreciate your guardianship in relation to my affairs with DVA.
My family and I respect your dignifying work and wish you and your family all the best for the future.
Thank you,

Yours sincerely Leon H.

Once again another big thank you for your invaluable help in progressing my claim to just one more level “up the mountain”. I believe I can see the peak as the clouds are definitely thinning, and hopefully we will be able to make just one more final assault to reach the summit! It doesn’t seem so long ago that I was involved in a 30 year long struggle with various Government Departments in which I achieved absolutely nothing except stress and frustration. What a lucky day for me in meeting you, as now in a fraction of the time, you have progressed my claim to a magnificent 80%. I thank you for your personal endeavor on my behalf, made more difficult by my continued absence and your sincerity and integrity towards many others and myself. Please find enclosed a donation cheque for $500 to assist you and your valuable volunteers to continue the good work. Finally I wish to congratulate you on your recent receipt of the O.A.M. as that gives due recognition that your work has been “taken onboard” by the wider community.

Bravo Zulu. Aussie L.

Please find donation enclosed. Thank you for your help. Keep up the good work.

Yours sincerely J T L.

It gives us great pleasure in donating this cheque of $500 to your worthy cause in helping other less fortunate Veterans in obtaining the TPI Pension.
We are grateful to you and most importantly your volunteer workers who helped us in the process of obtaining a TPI pension and service pension for my wife as well.
We know that this money will go to good use and look forward to seeing you all again at the next VLSVA meeting.

Yours gratefully Camilla and Arthur F

Congratulations on your thoroughly deserved award.
I want to thank you for all your help and effort that you put into my case. This cheque for the ANW Welfare association is a small token of my appreciation

Thanks mate. RARMH.

Just a brief note to say thank you for your efforts on my behalf.
If at anytime you consider that change by government are made and you consider they may be worthwhile re opening the case would you be good enough to contact me.

Best wishes J E

Words can’t thank you enough for all you and your team has done for me. After a number of attempts to have my disabilities acknowledged you were able to succeed.
I thank you and your team your kind efforts will always be remembered.

Thanks again Stan W.

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