Ronald Thomas CARROLL

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Service Number:	14208
Enlisted:	25 June 1956, Ron Carroll was enlisted to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Moree, New South Wales, Australia, 17 December 1936
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter/Signwriter
Died:	Killed in Action, Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, 4 August 1968, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Originally interred at the Terendak Military Cemetery, Sgt. Carroll's remains were repatriated from Malaysia to Australia on 02 Jun 2016 and reinterred on 07 Jun at the Perth War Cemetery., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree Korea, Malaya & Vietnam Honour Roll, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour

25 Jun 1956:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 14208, Army Training Units, Ron Carroll was enlisted to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps

1 May 1965:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), Operation Claret - Sarawak 1964-6

20 Dec 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 14208, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), 3RAR's first Tour of Vietnam
20 Dec 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 14208
12 May 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 14208, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam
4 Aug 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 14208, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), KIA Bien Hoa - Operation 'Platypus'

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14208 Sgt. Ronald Thomas CARROLL, 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, was killed in action (GSW) in Bien Hoa Province 4th August 1968.