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BROWN, Lindsay Noel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3790530 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 February 1967, Melbourne Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1945 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Long Binh, FSB Balmoral, South Vietnam, 26 May 1968, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Benalla Cemetery, Victoria Area: METH Section: B Sub section: Sector: Plot: Row: Grave: 177 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benalla War Memorial, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Toogoom Vietnam Memorial |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 1 Feb 1967: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790530, Army Training Units, Melbourne Victoria | |
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| 28 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790530, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
| 28 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790530 | |
| 12 May 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790530, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam, KIA FSB Balmoral |
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3790530 BROWN Lindsay Noel, Aged 22,
3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He was an apprentice fitter and turner when called up in February 1967. The rifleman private with 3RAR was killed in an enemy attack on Fire Support Base Coral, Bien Hoa, in the early hours of May 26, 1968. The defence of Firebases Coral and Balmoral was the largest Australian action of the Vietnam war.
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