Gordon Desmond ("Mero") MEREDITH

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MEREDITH, Gordon Desmond

Service Number:	2781384
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Born:	Auburn New South Wales Australia, 5 March 1945
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Bunbury,Western Australia, 20 December 2014, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Vietnam War Service

22 Apr 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2781384, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
22 Apr 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal

Severe Cerebral Haemorrhage in Later Life

"Gordon had been significantly incapacitated for quite some
time, due to a severe cerebral haemorrhage and has been cared for by
his wife, Sylvie. " [Nickname 'Mero']

Source: Tiger Tales, Newsletter of the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Incorporated. April 2015. Issue 39.

Submitted 16 February 2022 by Brenda Rosser

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Biography

A National Serviceman who served in South Vietnam as a Lance Corporal, 2IC of 7 Section, 9 Platton C Company throughout the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment's first tour of duty 22 Apr 1966- 12 May 1967

Infantry battalion to be raised

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