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COLEMAN, Dennis Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 61859 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia , 14 July 1949 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Cancer, Dubbo Hospital, New South Wales, Australia , 22 October 2021, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 61859, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Dennis deployed to South Vietnam with the Battalion on 8 February 1969, serving as a member of 12 Platoon, D Company. He started the Tour as a Private and later was promoted to Lance Corporal section 2IC. He was wounded on 15 June of that year in the Dat Do mine incident. Dennis returned to Australia aboard HMAS Sydney on 5 March 1970. He was a unique character, enthusiastic, spontaneous and at times apt to attract the wrath of a platoon sergeant, but it never dampened his spirit. - Gary Townsend
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