WHITE, Harold Anthony Duckett
| Service Number: | 216799 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1962 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia , 30 June 1940 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
| 1 Mar 1962: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain | |
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| 10 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 216799, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 10 May 1966: | Involvement 216799 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
"An infantry battalion is an extended family of about eight hundred soldiers. Esprit de corps is just not a comfortable invention; it's what make members of a unit care enough to risk their lives for each other. Down at the level of the ten-man rifle section, it is even more intense. There is an interdependence, born of shared hardship and peril, tighter than brotherhood."
-- Captain Tony White, RMO 5RAR 1st Tour.
Captain Tony White served as the Regimental Medical Officer (doctor) for the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, in Vietnam in 1966-67. He was Mention in Despatches for his outstaning work and courage.
Tony was born in Perth Western Australia but was raised in Kenya and completed the first half of his medical training at Cambridge before returning to Australia for the final three years.
After just finishing a year as an intern and at only 25 years of age he was on his way to Vietnam as the RMO for the 5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment. Following a long hard year in Vietnam he returned to Australia and after taking his discharge, he specialised in dermatology and practised in Sydney for over 30 years.
He has always had a particular interest in medicine in developing countries.
In 2009 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for contributions to remote area practice, the management of skin disease in the Pacific Islands and education.
After retiring from medical practice he completed a Master of Medical Humanities degree at Sydney University.
Tony and his wife Doffy have two children and seven grandchildren.
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