ADAMCZYK, Bruno Adam Joseph
| Service Number: | 43326 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1963 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) |
| Born: | Schwerte, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , 27 July 1946 |
| Home Town: | Smithfield, Playford, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Rostrevor College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 12 July 1969, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic E Path 22 Site 390A |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Rostrevor College Vietnam Memorial Plaque, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, South Australian Garden of Remembrance , Sydney 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque |
Vietnam War Service
| 27 Jul 1963: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2) |
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Malaysia / Indonesia Confrontation Service
| 4 Sep 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 43326, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) |
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Vietnam War Service
| 13 Nov 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 43326, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) |
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43326 Temporary Corporal Bruno Adam Josef Adamczyk, 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, born Germany, Age 22.
Served in Vietnam from 13 November 1968 to 12 July 1969
Killed in Action by an RPG to the Chest during a Bunker contact on 12th July 1969.
(Also Served in Borneo)
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
43326 Cpl Bruno Adamczyk was born in Schwerte, Westphalia, Germany, and as a 3 year old Polish National arrived in Melbourne with his parents on the Fairsea on 23rd May, 1950.
At the age of 22, Bruno, from Smithfield Plains, SA, and married with two young daughters, was KIA during Operation Matthew in South Vietnam. He was a member of 6 Section, 11 Platoon, D company 9 RAR. Bruno, as section Commander, and his forward scout Pte Beresford Edwards, were killed while together attacking an occupied enemy bunker system. Without their section commander, Bruno’s section, with help from others of the platoon and at great risk to their own safety, recovered the bodies of their comrades L/Cpl Adamczyk and Pte Edwards.
In another conflict in another country, in another era, this selfless bravery could well have resulted in military honours.
Information from 9RARSA
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