David Christopher PIGGOTT

PIGGOTT, David Christopher

Service Number: 2790158
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1947
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: 14 July 2021, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Vietnam War Service

8 Feb 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2790158, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
8 Feb 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2790158

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Dave, a national serviceman, did his recruit training at 1 RTB Kapooka and Corps at Ingleburn. He was then posted to 5 RAR and joined 5 Platoon B Company as a rifleman. Dave deployed to South Vietnam with the Battalion in February 1969 aboard HMAS Sydney. He was wounded in action on 20 May 1969 when an APC he was travelling in hit a mine. After recovering he was transferred to BHQ. Dave returned to Australia with the Battalion in March 1970. - Courtey of Gary Townsend - 5 RAR Association 

 

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