STUBBS, John Baillie
Service Number: | 214565 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Workington, England, 16 August 1941 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | 26 July 2022, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
22 Apr 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 214565, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Written and researched by Gary Townsend - 5RAR
John enlisted in February 1962, completed his recruit training at 1 RTB and Corps training at Inf Centre. He joined 1 RAR in November of that year. For 2 years John served with HQ 28 Commonwealth Infantry Bde Group in Singapore and Thailand. He joined 5 RAR in October 1965 and deployed to South Vietnam, as a rifleman with CHQ of Charlie Company, aboard HMAS Sydney, on 22 April 1966. He continued in that position for the full 1966-67 tour of SVN and returned to Australia on 12 May 1967.