Larry Alan DAVENPORT

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DAVENPORT, Larry Alan

Service Number:	4718752
Enlisted:	1 February 1967, 7th National Service Intake
Last Rank:	Lance Bombardier
Last Unit:	12 Field Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 13 May 1946
Home Town:	Victor Harbor, Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stock and Station Agent
Memorials:

Vietnam War Service

1 Feb 1967:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 4718752, 4th Field Regiment, 7th National Service Intake
13 Nov 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Bombardier
14 Apr 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Bombardier
12 May 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Bombardier, 4718752, 12 Field Regiment, FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam, HQ 12 Fd Regt Tac

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Larry Davenport was raised in Victor Harbor. After high school he attended Teachers College but realising he might never leave school, he became a stock and station agent.

Called up for National Service in 1967 he was allocated to Artillery.

After Corps training as a gunner he became a specialist sig. Posted initially to 105 Field Battery in 1 Field Regiment at Wacol, and then sent to South Vietnam as a reinforcement for 4 Field Regiment serving initially in Task Force HQ. He transferred to 12 Field Regiment as an Artillery Tac Sig.

Larry served at FSB Coral from 12th May - 6th June. As an artillery sig he had 'his ear to the action'.

As is often the case signallers and staff in Command Post get a good overview as complex events involving many elements unfold. Larry returned to Australia in October 1968 and resumed his stock and station agency job on discharge in February 1969.

These days he lives quietly in Victor Harbor, is married with three children, ten grand-children and a great grand-child. He is a volunteer with the Army Museum of South Australia.

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