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RINKIN, Kerry Patrick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 217479 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Taree, New South Wales, Australia, 12 June 1945 |
Home Town: | Taree, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Saint Joseph's Convent School and Taree High School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 7 April 1967, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Dawson River Cemetery, New South Wales |
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, Taree Honour Rolls, Taree St. Clare's High School Second Lieutenant Kerry P Rinkin Memorial Plaque |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
26 Feb 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Second Lieutenant, 217479, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
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16 Mar 1967: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 217479, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
There is a small memorial to Kerry at Taree High School New South Wales and at the Taree War Memorial.