PEMBERTON, Barry Maxwell
Service Number: | 1200137 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Ingham, Queensland, Australia, 27 January 1947 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Cardiac issues, 19 July 2022, aged 75 years, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
6 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1200137, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Written by Gary Townsend
Barry enlisted in March 1964, did Recruit Training with 1 RTB, Corps Training with Infantry Centre and then joined 2 RAR. In January 1966 he was transferred to 5 RAR and deployed to South Vietnam on 6 May, Barry completed the Battalion’s full 1966-67 Tour of Duty. He served in Admin Company, as a member of the band, but on operations or patrols he operated as a stretcher-bearer for Bravo Company. Barry later served with the Armoured Corps Band and took discharge in March 1970.