MELKI, Abraham
Service Number: | 3786932 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Bechmezzine, Lebanon, 25 April 1945 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Heart Attack, 20 March 2020, aged 74 years, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Epping RSL Honour Roll Vietnam & Korea |
Vietnam War Service
6 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3786932, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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6 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Abe completed his recruit training at 2 RTB and was immediately posted to 5 RAR, at Holsworthy, in early September 1965. He joined 8 Platoon, C Company, where he received his Corps Training and was then transferred to the Mortar Platoon. Abe was deployed with Mortar Platoon to South Vietnam on 6 May 1966. He served with Mortars until he returned to Australia with the Battalion aboard HMAS Sydney on 12 May 1967. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend