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ENGSTROM, Ronald John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 18797 |
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Enlisted: | 2 January 1963 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Squadron, RAE |
Born: | Gaythorne, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 December 1947 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Mitchelton State School and Mitchelton State High School, Queensland, Australia |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 30 January 1970, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD Wall 1 Row D |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canberra 1 Field Squadron Royal Australian Engineers Vietnam Roll of Honour, Canberra 1st Field Squadron Vietnam Honour Roll, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
2 Jan 1963: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 18797, Royal Australian Engineers | |
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2 Jan 1963: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, 18797, Royal Australian Engineers | |
10 Jun 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 18797, 21 Engineer Support Troop | |
10 Jun 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 18797 | |
2 Dec 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 18797, 1st Field Squadron, RAE | |
2 Dec 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 18797 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Debra Mason
18797 Corporal Ronald John Engstrom, 1st Field Squadron, Royal Australian Corps of Engineers (RAE) Age 22 from Brisbane QLD. Engstrom had two tours of duty in Vietnam. The Corporal was killed by an enemy mine in Phuoc Tuy on 30th January 1970.
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