Postings:

National Service in Australian Army

(1967-1968)


Postings

Australia  
31 January 1967 Reported to Northern Command Headquarters, Enoggera, Queensland
1 February 1967 Began 10 weeks Recruit Training at Singleton, New South Wales
May - October 1967 Operator Keyboard & Radio training (Course 15A/67 OKR) at the School of Signals, Balcombe, Victoria
23 Oct - 12 Nov 1967 Battle Efficiency training at Puckapunyal, Victoria
16 Nov 1967 - 2 Mar '68 139 Signal Squadron, Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
3 - 10 Mar 1968 1 Signal Regiment, Ingleburn, New South Wales
10 March 1968 Flew by QANTAS 707 to Saigon, South Vietnam, via Darwin and Singapore
South Vietnam Posted to Radio Troop, 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat as a radio operator
11 - 15 Mar 1968 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat
16 Mar - 5 Jun 1968 Detachment: Nui Dat Hill
6 - 9 Jun 1968 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat
10 Jun - 21 Aug 1968 Detachment: 1 Field Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers
22 - 28 Aug 1968 Rest & Recreation Leave: Hong Kong
29 Aug - 14 Sept 1968 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat
15-24 Sept 1968 Detachment: Fire Support Grey (Headquarters of the Thai Army in SVN)
25-26 Sept 1968 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat
27 Sept - 31 Oct 1968 Detachment: Retrans Station at Blackhorse (US Army 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment)
1-21 Nov 1968 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat
22-27 Nov 1968 Detachment: Fire Support Base Lion
28 Nov - 10 Dec 1968 104 Signal Squadron, Nui Dat
10 Dec 1968 Returned to Australia - direct flight Saigon-Sydney
Australia  
10 Dec 1968 - 31 Jan 1969 Annual Leave
31 Jan 1969 Discharged at Northern Command Headquarters, Enoggera, Queensland.

                                      

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