CLEMENTS, Peter Edward
Service Number: | 54570 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron |
Born: | Cunderdin, Western Australia , 8 April 1945 |
Home Town: | Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Died of Wounds (received at Long Tan), South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 27 August 1966, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Moora Cemetery Plot - RC Grave 174, Moora Cemetery, Moora, Western Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 11 Platoon Delta Company Memorial Plaque, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, McLaren Vale Garden of Remembrance, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Rutherglen Long Tan Cross, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Tongala Cavalry Memorial Vietnam 1965-1972 |
Vietnam War Service
25 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570 | |
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25 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570, 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron | |
18 Aug 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 54570, 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, Long Tan | |
18 Aug 1966: | Wounded Corporal, 54570, 1 Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron, Long Tan |
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Birth: Apr. 8, 1945
Cunderdin
Western Australia, Australia
Death: Aug. 27, 1966, Vietnam
54570 Temporary Corporal Peter Edward Clements Age 21.
1st Armoured Personal Carrier Squadron
On the night of 18th August 1966 while relieving troops at the Battle of Long Tan he was fatally wounded . He died at 36th Evacuation. Hospital, Vung Tau nine days later on 27th August 1966.
Peter was recommended for the Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry and was awarded the RVN CG with Gold Star (RVN CG GS).
Information from Find A Grave Memorial