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GEERNAERT, Alan Glorieux
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 55695 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | England, 23 September 1944 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Fort St James, British Columbia, Canada, 24 February 2021, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 26 Nov 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 55695, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
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| 26 Nov 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 55695 | |
| 15 Dec 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
| 15 Dec 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 55695 | |
| 5 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 5 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 55695 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Al deployed to 1 ARU on 26 November 1968 and served with that unit until 14 December. He was then transferred to 1 RAR, where he served with them until they returned to Australia.
He joined 6 Section 8 Platoon Charlie Company, serving as a forward scout on 5 February 1969. He continued in that position until he was returned to Australia, on 19 November 1969, when his tour was completed.
He was widely known in Charlie Company as ‘the wild red-headed Canadian’. - Gary Townsend
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