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FITTON, Barry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 216578 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 22 December 1945 |
| Home Town: | Canungra, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Cancer, 21 September 2021, aged 75 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 10 Jun 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal | |
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| 10 Jun 1966: | Involvement 216578, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
| 17 Jul 1966: | Involvement 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 17 Jul 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal | |
| 27 Jan 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 27 Jan 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gary Townsend
On his deployment to South Vietnam Barry was posted to 1 ARU from 10 June to 16 July 1966. He then joined 5 Platoon B Company where he served for the rest of the Battalion’s 1966-67 Tour. He returned to Vietnam with the 5 RAR in the Advance Party on 27 Jan 1969, serving with 3 Platoon A Company, until he returned to Australia with the Battalion on 18 February 1970. Barry continued in the ADF reaching the rank of WO2 on his retirement. - Courtesy of Garry Townsend
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