CULLEN, Bryan Thomas
| Service Number: | 217314 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1947 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Leo's College, Wahroonga, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Trainee Accountant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 27 November 1967, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Plot Wall 6 Panel G, Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , 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, Sydney 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque |
Vietnam War Service
| 26 Sep 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217314, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
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| 26 Sep 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217314 | |
| 24 Oct 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217314 | |
| 26 Oct 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217314, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
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Birth: Oct. 26, 1947
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Nov. 27, 1967, Vietnam
217314 Private Bryan Cullen was born in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on the 26th October 1947.
His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, from the 26th September 1967 to the 23rd October 1967; 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 24th October 1967 until his death on the 27th November 1967
Bryan Cullen, a champion cyclist and trainee accountant, had served as a clerk in Battalion Headquarters and had asked to be posted to a rifle company to see action. He was posted to D Company. During an attack on an enemy bunker system Private Cullen was fatally wounded by a burst of enemy machine gun fire and died on the 27th November 1967.
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