Barry Norton DAVIDSON

DAVIDSON, Barry Norton

Service Number: 2788283
Enlisted: 1 October 1967, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1945
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Plasterer
Died: Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 1 October 1968, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour
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Vietnam War Service

1 Oct 1967: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, Sydney, New South Wales
2 Jul 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2788283, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
2 Jul 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2788283
23 Jul 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2788283, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
23 Jul 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2788283

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Biography


Service Record
Name
Davidson , Barry Norton
Service Army
Service Number 2788283
Rank Private
Date of Birth 22 11 1945
Place of Birth Sydney NSW
Date of Intake 0/10/1967
NS Training 2 RTB
Follow Up Training 3 RAR Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Basic Training Puckapunyal
Next of Kin at time of Service Mr & Mrs Davidson
Operational Service Vietnam
Medals AASM / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star

Information from Nashos Nominal Roll

Birth: Nov. 22, 1945
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Oct. 1, 1968, Vietnam

2788283 DAVIDSON Barry Norton, Age 22, of Sydney, NSW, was a plasterer when he was called up in October 1967. In July, 1968, in Vietnam, he volunteered to be a stretcher bearer and later was posted to B Company 3RAR as a rifleman. He died of wounds received during a contact in Long Khanh Province on October 1, 1968.

Information from Find a Grave Memorial

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