MCGUINNESS, Peter Leon
| Service Number: | 47049 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 5 June 1945 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Broken Hill High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Ingleside, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 2003, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
| 2 Apr 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, 47049, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carrie Henderson
Retired from the army as a Brigadier
Peter Leon McGuinness was born on 5 June 1945 at Ballarat in Victoria. His family moved to NSW where he attended Broken Hill High School.
He attended the Royal Military College Duntroon, Canberra and graduated in 1966.
His first appointment was as a platoon commander in the 7th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, and for 13 months served in the Republic of Vietnam.
He served in Papua New Guinea for 6 years from colonial times through to independence; attended Staff College in the United Kingdom; participated in the Monitoring Force during the transition of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe; commanded the 5/7 Royal Australian Regiment; spent many years in Army Office in Canberra; had a long association with the Joint Services College, Canberra; attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London; was Commandant of the command and Army Staff College, Queenscliff; and completed his 34 years as the Defence Advisor to the Australian High Commissioner in London.
He then commenced another successful career as a nursery owner.
Biography Courtesy of: Larissa McGuinness
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