SPRIGG, Roderick James
| Service Number: | 5718122 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1971 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR) |
| Born: | Merredin, Western Australia, 13 September 1950 |
| Home Town: | Merredin, Merredin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Nui Le, South Vietnam, 21 September 1971, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mukinbudin Cemetery, W. A. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Holsworthy 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment - Holsworthy Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, South Perth Wesley College Lych Gate, Western Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Vietnam War Service
| 27 Jan 1971: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5718122 | |
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| 19 Aug 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5718122, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
| 19 Aug 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5718122 | |
| 10 Sep 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5718122, 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR), Operation Ivanhoe | |
| 10 Sep 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5718122 |
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Served with 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit & 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam. In country only 34 days. D Company 11 Platoon 6 Section
"Private Roderick Sprigg, aged 21, from Merredin, Western Australia, was a farm hand prior to being called up for National Service on 27 January 1971. He joined 4RAR from 1 Australian Reinforcement Unit on 10 September 1971. During Operation IVANHOE in Phuoc Tuy Province, on 21 September 1971, D Company was assaulting a heavily defended enemy bunker system during the battle of Nui Le. 11 Platoon was moving forward in the assault with 6 Section on the left flank when the section was hit by heavy, sustained automatic fire from several mutually supporting bunkers. Rod and another 6 section soldier, Private Brian Beilken, were killed instantly." - SOURCE (www.4rarassociationsaustralia.com)
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