BINDER, Bernd George Fritz
| Service Number: | 134994 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) |
| Born: | Hamburg, Germany, 26 June 1949 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Accidental, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 27 October 1969, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wangaratta Cemetery, Victoria Lawn. A. 26. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 9th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Memorial, Albury Murray Border Vietnam Veterans Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, 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, Wangaratta War Memorial, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial |
Vietnam War Service
| 15 Jul 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 134994, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
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| 16 Jul 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 134994 | |
| 6 Aug 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 134994, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) | |
| 6 Aug 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 134994 |
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134994 Private Bernd George Fritz Binder was a National Serviceman with 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Age 21. He was killed accidentally when lightning exploded a Claymore mine he was setting up in Bien Hoa Province 27th October 1969.
Biography contributed by Steven Baras-Miller
Private Binder was born in Hamburg Germany on 26 June 1949 and migrated to Australia with his parents George and Ursula in 1954 on the ship Fairsea under the Australian German migration scheme.
They first resided in Lurnea NSW and became Australian citizens in 1963. Bernd Binder attended school in Wangaratta for a time before moving to Liverpool and leaving school at the age of 15 in 1964.
He worked as a Fireman and Plant Operator and made an application to join the Citizen Force before withdrawing the application in order to be eligible for national service training where he hoped to get a trade.
He was subsequently conscripted in September 1968, entering his date of birth as 26 June 1948 instead of 1949 as appeared on his immigration papers.
He joined 9 Battalion 9RAR and was sent to Vietnam.
On 27 October 1969, only days before 9RAR were to return to Australia, he was setting up a Claymore mine when it was struck by lightning and exploded in his hands. He was killed instantly. He was 20 years old. He is buried at Wangaratta cemetery.
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