Stephen John (Steve) HEAD

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HEAD, Stephen John

Service Number:	2781624
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1945
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Cancer, 12 May 2020, aged 74 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

Vietnam War Service

8 May 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 2781624, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
8 May 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2781624
10 Feb 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2781624
10 Feb 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
4 Dec 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2781624

World War 1 Service

4 Dec 1970:	Involvement Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam

Vietnam War Service

5 May 1971:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
5 May 1971:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 2781624

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Steve deployed to South Vietnam (SVN) with A Company, 3 Platoon 5 RAR on 8 May 1966 and served in that sub-unit until the Battalion’s Return-to-Australia (RTA) on 12 May 1967.

On 10 February 1970 he redeployed to SVN with 7 RAR until December of that year. Steve then joined HQ Australian Forces Vietnam and served there until May 1971.

He then was posted to 3 RAR until his RTA on 16 October 1971, a total of 32 months service in country.-^{Courtesy of Gary Townsend}

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