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MECKENSTOCK, Patrick Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1202008 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 17 March 1942 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Cancer and other complications, 10 November 2020, aged 78 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 1202008, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 1202008 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Paddy deployed to South Vietnam with 3 Platoon A Company on 8 February 1969 and served as a section commander. He was wounded in action on 21 August 1969 during OP Camden, when 3 and Pioneer Platoon contacted a bunker system. This system was in the Hat Dich Secret Zone, Phước Tuy, Long Khánh and Biên Hòa Provinces met, defended by the 3rd Battalion of 274 Regiment. Paddy returned to Australia with the Battalion on 5 March 1970. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend
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