Peter John ARNOLD

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ARNOLD, Peter John

Service Number:	2781363
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)
Born:	Inverell, New South Wales, 4 May 1945
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 17 February 1967, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Inverell Cemetery, NSW Church of England Row 1A - Grave 45, Inverell Cemetery, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	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

Vietnam War Service

7 Sep 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2781363
7 Sep 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 2781363, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
8 Sep 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2781363, HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam
8 Sep 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2781363
28 Dec 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2781363, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)
28 Dec 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2781363
17 Feb 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2781363, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR), Operation Bribie

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Biography

Birth: May 4, 1945
Inverell
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Feb. 17, 1967, Vietnam

2781363 Private Peter John Arnold Age 21.
6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
A rifleman he was killed in action at Dat Do, Phuoc Tuy Province in the late afternoon of 17th February 1967.

Inscription:
2781363 PRIVATE
P.J. ARNOLD
6 BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
17TH FEBRUARY 1967 AGE 21

ALWAYS LOVED BY HIS DAD, SISTER JUDY
BROTHER-IN-LAW MAX, DAVID AND AMANDA

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