Peter HARAN

HARAN, Peter

Service Number: 43952
Enlisted: 6 January 1966, Adelaide South Australia
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born: Birmingham, UK , 11 February 1948
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist (retired)
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Vietnam War Service

6 Jan 1966: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Adelaide South Australia
15 May 1967: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 43952, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR)
15 May 1967: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 43952
25 Feb 1971: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 43952, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
25 Feb 1971: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 43952
6 Jan 1972: Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2)

all sorts of mates

I left school at about 17 and went fruitpicking, before joining the army on Jan 6, 1966.
It was a huge shock for a former pimply kid to find himself in the Green Machine for the next six years - and boy what a ride it was.
After infantry training I became a tracking dog handler - one of the first in the army and one of the first to go to Vietna.
He was one of my best mates - the dog, that is. His name was Caesar, a Lab cross kelpie larrikin and we shared the war and all its good and bad times together for 12 unforgettable months.
I left Caesar in Vietnam in 1968 and took up the post of war dog trainer at Ingleburn for two years - made more mates and loved the army life.
Next posting was 3RAR at Woodside and after that back to Vietnam again.
More mates in that bloody war - some no longer with us.
It was 30 plus years later I wrote my firest war book as a dedication to the dog I knew, then wrote three more books with really good mate and ex 5RAR and 3RAR grunt Bob "Dogs" Kearney
I've been back to Vietnam 6 times and love the place and the people - and more mates I made

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Biography contributed by Ned Young

Peter Haran's Personal Reflections

I left school at about 17 and went fruitpicking, before joining the army on Jan 6, 1966.

It was a huge shock for a former pimply kid to find himself in the Green Machine for the next six years - and boy what a ride it was.

After infantry training I became a tracking dog handler - one of the first in the army and one of the first to go to Vietnam.

He was one of my best mates - the dog, that is. His name was Caesar, a Lab cross kelpie larrikin and we shared the war and all its good and bad times together for 12 unforgettable months.
I left Caesar in Vietnam in 1968 and took up the post of war dog trainer at Ingleburn for two years - made more mates and loved the army life.

Next posting was 3RAR at Woodside and after that back to Vietnam again. More mates in that bloody war - some no longer with us.

It was 30 plus years later I wrote my firest war book as a dedication to the dog I knew, then wrote three more books with really good mate and ex 5RAR and 3RAR grunt Bob "Dogs" Kearney.

I've been back to Vietnam 6 times and love the place and the people - and more mates I made.

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