TILL, Brett Ian
| Service Number: | 8271447 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 January 2001 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Incident Response Regiment |
| Born: | 1978, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, 19 March 2009 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton Afghanistan Honour Roll, Sale RSL Afghanistan Honour Roll, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood, Two Wells Afghanistan War Memorial, Yungaburra Afghanistan Avenue of Honour |
Non Warlike Service
| 1 Jan 2001: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 8271447 | |
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| 1 Jan 2002: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Combat Engineer Regiment | |
| 1 Jan 2005: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, Incident Response Regiment | |
| 1 Jul 2005: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, Incident Response Regiment, Completed Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Course. |
Afghanistan Service
| 19 Mar 2009: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 8271447, Incident Response Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Sergeant Till enlisted in the Australian Army in 2001 and was allocated to the Corps of Royal Australian Engineers following recruit training. Sergeant Till trained as a Combat Engineer and served with a number of units, including the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment and the School of Military Engineering.
In 2002 Brett was posted to the 1st Combat Engineer Regiment where he fulfilled a number of sapper roles and qualified in a range of mechanised combat engineering tasks. Also in 2002, Brett deployed on Operation Relex II which focused on border protection to the north of Australia.
In 2005 Brett was posted to the Incident Response Regiment as a Lance Corporal within the Chemical, Biological and Radiological Response Squadron and in late 2005 he was promoted to Corporal and completed the Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance Course.
In 2007 Brett was posted to the School of Military Engineering as an Instructor and in 2008 was given the opportunity to complete the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course.
In late 2008, Brett was posted back to the Incident Response Regiment as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician and deployed to Afghanistan with the Special Operations Task Group in 2009.
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