The first obituary for Lt. Col. Barry Petersen was written by veteran Australian journalist based in Southeast Asia, Alan Parkhouse, for the online news portal Asia Times:
https://asiatimes.com/2019/03/the-tiger-man-of-vietnam-passes-away/
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This obituary for Lt. Col. Petersen was written for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age by Frank Walker, author of The Tiger Man of Vietnam:
SBS News Australia was the only other media outlet to publish the news of Lt. Col. Petersen's passing:
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-war-hero-loses-cancer-battle/zmplmqi4a
This tribute article was written by Maximilian Wechsler for The Big Chilli, Bangkok’s premiere glossy features magazine, some months after Lt. Col. Petersen’s death:
This film is the military and civilian farewell tribute to an Australian soldier, Lt. Col. Barry Petersen AM MC MiD, a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, and one of many heroes of the Vietnam War.
This film is the military and civilian farewell tribute to an Australian soldier, Lt. Col. Barry Petersen AM MC MiD, a member of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, and one of many heroes of the Vietnam War.
In 1988 he wrote his autobiography Tiger Men, which tells many secrets of his clandestine missions against the Viet Cong, training mountain tribespeople, and working for the CIA within the AATTV.
In 1988 he wrote his autobiography Tiger Men, which tells many secrets of his clandestine missions against the Viet Cong, training mountain tribespeople, and working for the CIA within the AATTV.
After retirement from the Australian Army, Petersen lived and worked in Thailand from 1992, and became highly involved with Thai-Australian commercial enterprises.
After retirement from the Australian Army, Petersen lived and worked in Thailand from 1992, and became highly involved with Thai-Australian commercial enterprises.
Barry Petersen died in Feb 2019 aged 84, and was given full Buddhist burial honours at his Thai funeral service in Bangkok, also featured here.
Barry Petersen died in Feb 2019 aged 84, and was given full Buddhist burial honours at his Thai funeral service in Bangkok, also featured here.
There is a permanent display dedicated to Capt. Petersen at the 2RAR Historical Museum at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland.
There is a permanent display dedicated to Capt. Petersen at the 2RAR Historical Museum at Lavarack Barracks in Townsville, Queensland.
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