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HOARE, Frederick William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 15705 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 19 August 1939 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 4 August 1969, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Grave Location: C OF E - Section 2/Row 6/Plot 14, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cawarral Cockscomb Veterans Memorial, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Hughenden R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Roll of Honour, Hughenden War Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Mackay Vietnam Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 14 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705 | |
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| 14 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705, HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam | |
| 7 Sep 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705 | |
| 7 Sep 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 8 May 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705 | |
| 8 May 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 15705, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Frederick Hoare after serving in the Indonesian confrontation before going to Vietnam then served with 9 Platoon, C Company, on the 5th Battalion's first tour of Duty in South Vietnam and was Wounded-in-Action on February 8, 1967.
'Bushy'later returned to Vietnam with 6 RAR and was wounded by a booby trap in a cave in the Long Hai hills, August 3, 1969, he died of wounds in 24 EVAC HOSP the next day.
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