KIME, Edward Leonard
Service Number: | 134368 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 7 October 1946 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia, 28 June 2021, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
3 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 134368, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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3 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 134368 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
‘Eddie’ Kime died on Monday 28 June, he had not been travelling well for quite some time and he finally succumbed to his illness.
Eddie deployed to South Vietnam, with the Battalion, in February 1969, aboard HMAS Sydney. He served as a section commander with 8 Platoon, C Company until his return to Australia with the Battalion, again on HMAS Sydney on 10 March 1970. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend