Fact #179960
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I Was Only 19 by Redgum, reaches No1 in the Kent Music Report Singles Chart in Australia, for the first of two weeks. The song is inspired partly by the story of Australian soldier Peter Hines who was killed when he stepped on a landmine at Long Tan during the Vietnam War. (In the song, Peter Hines name is changed to Frankie out of respect for his memory.)
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