RADOMI, Stanley Edwin
| Service Number: | 43573 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) |
| Born: | Waikerie, South Australia , 25 September 1945 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Accidental, South Vietnam, 28 September 1967, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Pooraka War Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
| 19 May 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 43573, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) | |
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| 19 May 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 43573 |
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Stanley served with the 2nd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam. He had been in country 133 days at the time of his death.
"...(During an) exercise demonstrating Light Fire Team (LFT) support between D Company 2RAR and helicopters of the US Army 118th Assault Helicopter Company... to train the officers and NCOs of 2RAR in the control and direction of the LFT helicopters, marking targets and experiencing close rocket support... one rocket veered to the left and struck a group of soldiers from 11 and 12 Platoons, 2RAR. Pte Radomi, 2782440 Lance Corporal McDuff and 4718427 Pte Dennis Edwin Nelson were killed..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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