Peter Edward (Pete) CLEMENTS

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Service Number:	54570
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron
Born:	Cunderdin, Western Australia , 8 April 1945
Home Town:	Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Died of Wounds (received at Long Tan), 36th Evacuation. Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 27 August 1966, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Moora Cemetery, Western Australia Plot - RC Grave 174, Moora Cemetery, Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 11 Platoon Delta Company Memorial Plaque, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Maryborough Long Tan Cross, McLaren Vale Garden of Remembrance, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Rutherglen Long Tan Cross, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Tongala Cavalry Memorial Vietnam 1965-1972, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial

25 May 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570
25 May 1966:	Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570, 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron 25 May 1966 - 27 August 1966 Wounded in Action 18 August 1966 Died of Wounds 27 August 1966 Long Tan Gun Shot Wound to stomach. Died of Wounds at 36 Evacuation Hospital after Long Tan.
25 May 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570, 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron
18 Aug 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570, 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, Long Tan
18 Aug 1966:	Wounded Corporal, 54570, 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, Long Tan
27 Aug 1966:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570, D.O.W.

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