Robert Harold (Bluey) MENHENNETT

MENHENNETT, Robert Harold

Service Number: 4719134
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 22 September 1946
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Adelaide High School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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Vietnam War Service

1 Jul 1962: Involvement Craftsman, 4719134
15 Mar 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4719134
5 Oct 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4719134

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Biography contributed

Contributed by Amy Worswick, Adelaide High School Honour Board Project

Craftsman Menhennett’s served as a National Serviceman (4th Intake) in Vietnam and finished up a year’s tour in Vietnam on 18th March 1969. He was then was enrolled at Adelaide High School on 5 May 1969, very soon after.  He did 4th year (1969) and 5th year (1970).  During his National Service in Vietnam, Robert Menhennett, of the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [RAEME], was posted to the Headquarters of the 1st Australian Task Force and then the 106 Field Workshop

After a month in country, Craftsman Menhennett wrote a poem from Nui Dat, see attached

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