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RUDUSS, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3410295 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam |
| Born: | Riga, Latvia, 2 December 1936 |
| Home Town: | Heidelberg, Banyule, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 12 June 1966, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria Area: War Plot Section: Sub section: 2 Sector: P Plot: Row: C Grave: 1 Initially interred Terendak Military Cemetery Malaysia Remains repatriated to Australia 2nd June 2016 |
| 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, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 14 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3410295, HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3410295, HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Arthur RUDUSS (1936-1966)
Private Arthur RUDUSS was one of 33 Australian personnel who had been interred in the Terendak Military Cemtery in Malaysia. By agreement between the Malaysian Government the Australian Government and the families, their remains were repatriated to Australia and reinterred in accordance with their families' wished in 2016. 22 of the men were servicemen mainly those killed in the early stages of the Vietnam conflict. Australian Army elements had been based in Terendak during the Malayan Emergency and later during 'Konfrontasi' with Indonesia in the mid 60s.
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