Edward Francis BROPHY

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BROPHY, Edward Francis

Service Number:	2412450
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
Born:	Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1945
Home Town:	Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 6 August 1967, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Gulgong Cemetery Portion RC Row CS
Memorials:	Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Gulgong District Soliders Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Sydney 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque

Vietnam War Service

27 Feb 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2412450
27 Feb 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2412450, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
12 Mar 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2412450, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
12 Mar 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2412450
26 Apr 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2412450, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
26 Apr 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2412450

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Biography

2412450 Private Edward Francis Brophy was born in Gulgong, New South Wales on the 10th July 1945.
His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit from the 27th February 1967 to the 11th March 1967.
5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from the 12th Mar 1967 to the 25th April 1967.
7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from the 26th April 1967 until his death on the 6th August 1967.
Edward Brophy died during the Battle of Suoi Chau Pha in Phuoc Tuy Province on 6th August 1967.
Five other Australian soldiers from A Company died and 15 were wounded during this battle.

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