
TEBB, Peter
Service Number: | 1203166 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam |
Born: | St George, Queensland, Australia, 13 November 1950 |
Home Town: | St George, Balonne Shire, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 12 June 1971, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
St George Cemetery, Qld Also Queensland Garden of Remembrance, Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane, Qld, Queensland Garden of Remembrance, Pinnaroo Cemetery and Crematorium, Bridgeman Downs, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, St George Hospital Memorial Pavillion |
Vietnam War Service
25 Nov 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 1203166 | |
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18 Dec 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 1203166 | |
10 Feb 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 1203166 | |
27 Mar 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 1203166 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 1203166, HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam |
MY TENT MATE
Peter and I were both Queenslanders and met in SVN as members of Delta Company 7RAR when we tented together on SAS Hill and then stayed together right up until his death while I was on R&R back in Australia over the period 10-17 June 1971.
Peter was killed just days after the Battle of Long Khanh.
All the photos I had of Peter I gave to his Sister who was doing her nurse training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and that was done soon after my return from SVN in 1972 and sadly I kept no copies.
50 years is not that long ago and not long enough to forget.
Submitted 22 April 2021 by Terry Mellick