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John E. Garrett, 20. The
lance corporal sapper with 3 Troop 1 Field Squadron, was killed in an
enemy attack during the Tet Offensive at 1.15am on Feburary 18 1968 in
Bien Hoa.
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John Garrigan, 40. He
drowned when his APC struck a submerged object during a river crossing
and overturned in the Cua Viet River, Quang Tri Province on the morning
of December 27 1968.
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Barry R. George, 21. The
private rifleman was killed in action in Long Khanh Province on the
morning of April 7 1969 when he was shot in the chin and throat.
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Ian J. Gibbs, 21. The
private rifleman with1RAR was killed accidentally when a sentry mistook
him for a Viet Cong and shot him in the chest at Phuoc Tuy at 5pm on
November 19 1968.
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George G Gilbert, 29. He
did two tours of Vietnam with 5RAR, in 1966 and 1969. He was killed
when his platoon accidentally walked into a mine field at 2am on March
9 1969 in Phuoc Tuy.
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Michael W. T. Gill, 28.
He served in Vietnam with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
with the rank of temporary Warrrant Officer. He was killed in action in
Kontum Province on May 6 1969.
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Robert J. Gillard, 22.
The trooper with A Squadron 3 Cavalry Regiment was killed when his APC
stuck a mine in Bien Hoa on August 2 1968.
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John F. Gillespie,24. On
April 17 1971, an Australian dustoff helicopter hovered above an
insucure landing zone, trying to pick up wound Vietnamese regional
force soldiers. As the first soldier was being winched up, the
helicopter was hit by ground fire from the Viet Cong. The helicopter
crashed and the crew evacuated, but Gillespie, the medic on board , was
pinned in the twisted metal.
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Peter R. Gillson, 20.
The private with 1RAR was left behind, presummed dead, when his unit
withdrew from contact 30 kms north-east of Bien Hoa on November 8 1965.
Veterans remembered the anger they felt when they were told that they
could not go back for him, because of American orders. His body was
never recovered.
His body was recovered in early 2007 by a group of dedicated Volunteers
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Guy R. Godden, 21. The
private rifleman with 3RAR was killed in action during the Tet
Offensive at Long Dien, Phuoc Tuy at 6.30pm on February 8 1968.
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Peter J. Gollagher,32.
On his first operation in the Long Hai Hills on a search and destroy
mission with 2 Troop 1 Field Squadron. Gollagher was shot in the neck
while clearing a tunnel on April 5 1968.
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Phillip R. Goody, 22. He
was shot by mistake during night ambush operations at 2am May 1 1970 in
Phuoc Tuy when a machine gunner thought he was an enemy soldier.
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Eric G. Gould, 22. The
private rifleman with 8RAR was killed in action in Long Khanh Province
on December 21 1969. The Battalion's first casualty.
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Allan W. "Midge" Graham,
22. The private rifleman died at the 24 US Evac. Hospital Long Binh on
the morning of January 7 1969 of wounds received during a firefight the
previous day in Bien Hoa Province.
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Samuel Graham, 22. The
private rifleman with 4RAR was killed in action in Bien Hoa Province on
January 31 1969.
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Ernest F. Grant. Private
Grant was killed in action at the Battle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy, August
18 1966, while removing a backpack from a wounded soldier.
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G. Bruce Green, 21.
Lance corporal Green, 4 Platoon B Company 5RAR, was killed when an APC
in which he was traveling struck a land mine during a search-and
-destroy operation in mountianous jungle 17 kms south of the Task Forse
Base at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy, Febuary 1 1967, in operation Remark seven
Australians were killed and 27 injured.
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John G. Greene, 21. The
sapper with 1 Field Squadron was killed when an APC hit a mine in Phuoc
Tuy on December 8 1969.
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Victor R. Grice,21.
Grice was the radio operator for D Company 6RAR. he was killed at
theBattle of Long Tan, Phuoc Tuy August 18 1966.
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Edward A. Grills, 20.
The private with 1RAR was drowned while swimming at Vung Tau, Phuoc Tuy
on February 12 1966.
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Robert M. Grist, 19.
The private rifleman with 1RAR died at 1 Field Hospital of wounds
received when an APC ran over a mine in Bien Hoa Province on August 2
1968.
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Thomas J. Grose, 20. The
temporary corporal with 2RAR died at the 24 US Evac. Hospital Long Binh
of wounds received in Bien Hoa Province on February 10 1968.
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William F. Hacking, 30.
Sergeant Billy Hacking was the first Australian killed in Vietnam, when
his own weapon snagged on something and discharged as he dragged
towards himself, 60 kms west of Hue, Thua Thien Province on Juns 1
1963. Sgt William Hacking was awarded the Campaign Service Medal with
clasp South Vietnam clasp also, and the Meritorious Unit Commendation
and the Gallantry Cross Palm Unit Citation. These last two awards being
unit awards which were awarded to the AATTV, as well as other
Australian units.
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Eric Halkyard, 27. The
Lance corporal rifleman with 7RAR was killed by enemy fire during an
ambush the Australians had set in Phuoc Tuy at 6am January 16 1971.
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John Hall, 31. Hall was
the Last Australian to die in Vietnam, murdered in a brawl with a
Vietnamese national Vung Tau on October 27 1971.
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Frederick G. Hamersley,
38. As a sergeant with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.
Hamersley was wounded at Long Ve, Quang Tri Province on December 8 1967
and killed in an operation against a enemy convoy in Quang Nam on May
30 1968.
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Maxwell P. Hanley, 31.
As a temporary Warrent officer with the Australian Army Training Team
Vietnam. He was killed in action at Da Nang East, Quang Nam on February
20 1967.
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Michael J. Hannaford,
21. He was injured in November and three weeks later died when the tank
he was driving hit a large enemy mine in Bien Hoa Province on December
14 1968.
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Allan R. Hansen, 25. The
private with 1RAR was killed in action at Tan Dinh, Bien Hoa on October
25 1965.
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Bryant V. Hansen, 20.
The lance corporal with 1 Field Squadron was killed in an explosion
while clearing a booby trapped area of Phuoc Tuy on October 21 1969.
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Peter R. Hansen, 23.
The private with 6RAR was killed by an enemy mine in Phuoc Tuy on
October 25 1969.
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Noel S. Harald, 30. He
died at 3 Field Hospital Saigon October 11 1967 of gunshot wounds
received 6am September 30 when the vehicle he was in was ambushed at
the Dat Do East checkpiont, Phuoc Tuy.
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