CONNORS, Ronald Francis
| Service Number: | 218554 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Middlesex, England, 18 September 1943 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 25 October 1969, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plot C of E Row 15 Grave 3610 |
| 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
| 18 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 218554, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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| 18 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 218554 |
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Private. Ronald F. Connors, 26, of Middlesex, England.
In August 1969, during Operation Camden, C Company 5RAR was tasked to protect a United States (US) land clearing team (LCT) in the Hat Dich Secret Zone of Phuoc Tuy Province, a long-time enemy jungle haven and stronghold. C Company was based in the Night Defensive Position (NDP) of the LCT and patrolled out from it by both day and night. As the US LCT had a field kitchen in the fortified NDP, a C Company cook (Pte Ron Connors) was brought in to provide catering support to the C Company personnel located with the US LCT.
When relieved of this protection task by another rifle company, C Company continued with Reconnaissance in Force (RIF) operations to locate and destroy enemy main force units in the Area of Operations (AO Mindy). Pte Ron Connors volunteered to go with one of the rifle sections who were short of men.
Later, on 28 August 1969, during a fierce contact with the enemy in a well-defended bunker system, Pte Ron Connors was severely wounded by enemy fire. He was evacuated to the U.S. 3rd Field Hospital in Saigon but he died of his wounds there on 25 October 1969.
Ronald Francis Connors is buried in Rookwood Cemetery, NSW.
Information from 5th Battalion RAR website
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