CHANT, Peter Allan
| Service Number: | 44265 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) |
| Born: | Rose Park, South Australia, 17 November 1939 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Footballer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 14 February 1969, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls - Wall 138 - Row C - Niche 8 (KT), |
| 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, Pooraka War Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Sydney 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque |
Vietnam War Service
| 13 Nov 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 44265, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) | |
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| 13 Nov 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 44265 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 44265 |
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L/Cpl Peter Allan CHANT
(17 November 1939 – 14 February 1969)
Peter was a lad from Largs Bay who developed his school football talent in NSW, returned to SA and came through the PAFC system to break into the Magpie seniors in 1961. He played ten SANFL games as second rover, his last in 1962 in a team coached by Fos Williams and alongside names such as Motley, Obst, Hayes, Potter, Johns and Hannaford; that team won a premiership.
Peter was also a Surf Life Saver and was awarded the “Bronze Medallion” by the Semaphore SLSC on 5 Nov 1961.
He enlisted in the Army in 1967, was trained as an infantryman and posted to Woodside with the 9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment which began its tour of active duty in Vietnam in November 1968. An NCO with 9th Platoon, C Company, Peter was killed in action on Operation Goodwood in the Hat Dich region between Saigon and the Task Force Base at Nui Dat. He was aged 29.
44265 Lance Corporal Peter Allan Chant
9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Chant was killed in a contact with a bunker system at Bien Hoa Province Vietnam 14th February 1969. Age 29.
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