Brian James (Corky) CORK

CORK, Brian James

Service Number: 2782560
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Born: Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 27 January 1945
Home Town: Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Palliative Care unit, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia , 26 July 2021, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Vietnam War Service

19 Nov 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2782560, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
19 Nov 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private
30 Nov 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
30 Nov 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

 Brian ‘Corky’ Cork, late of Ballina NSW, passed away in St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Palliative Care unit in Brisbane where he had been for some time.

Brain was drafted into the National Service in 1965, he completed his recruit and Corps training. He deployed to South Vietnam on 19 November 1966 to 1 ARU for ten days and then joined 3 Platoon Alpha Company 5 RAR on 30 November of that year. He returned to Australia, with the Battalion, arriving in Sydney on 12 May 1967.- Courtesy of Gary Townsend

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