Paul Francis REIDY

REIDY, Paul Francis

Service Number: 3793403
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR)
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia , 19 August 1947
Home Town: Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salesman
Died: Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 25 May 1969, aged 21 years
Cemetery: White Hills Cemetery, Bendigo
Section MON - H4A - Grave 20407
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, Sydney 9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque
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Vietnam War Service

24 Feb 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private
18 Mar 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private
25 May 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3793403, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR)
25 May 1969: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3793403, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), Killed in Action.

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Biography contributed by Maurice Kissane

Paul Francis Reidy was a salesman from White Hills in Bendigo. He was called up for National Service on 1st May 1968. He was 20 years old at the time. Paul was posted to D Company 9RAR  as a Rifleman. He was killed when a mine exploded on 25 May 1969. There were ten causalties including six Australians but Paul was KIA. He died at Dat Do, 6 km South East of Nui Dat according to Vietnam Veterans Gravesite Commemorations. They conducted a gravesite service for Paul and three other Vietnam Veterans who rest in the White Hills Cemetery. 

Lest We Forget. 

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