55120 Private Richard Alfred Aldersea - 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Killed in Action - Battle of Long Tan, Nui Dat Vietnam - 18th August 1966 Age 20
Awarded US PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION for the BATTLE of LONG TAN
The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place near the village of Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Australian forces and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units after 108 men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) clashed with a force of 1,500 to 2,500 men from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment, reinforced by at least one North Vietnamese battalion and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion. The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) had just arrived between April and June 1966, constructing a base at Nui Dat.
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View Memorial Site HERE.
Killed in Action - Battle of Long Tan, Nui Dat Vietnam - 18th August 1966 Age 20
Awarded US PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION for the BATTLE of LONG TAN
The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place near the village of Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Australian forces and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units after 108 men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) clashed with a force of 1,500 to 2,500 men from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment, reinforced by at least one North Vietnamese battalion and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion. The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) had just arrived between April and June 1966, constructing a base at Nui Dat.
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View Memorial Site HERE.
55120 Private Richard Alfred Aldersea - 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Killed in Action - Battle of Long Tan, Nui Dat Vietnam - 18th August 1966 Age 20
Awarded US PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION for the BATTLE of LONG TAN
The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place near the village of Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Australian forces and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units after 108 men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) clashed with a force of 1,500 to 2,500 men from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment, reinforced by at least one North Vietnamese battalion and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion. The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) had just arrived between April and June 1966, constructing a base at Nui Dat.
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View Memorial Site HERE.
Killed in Action - Battle of Long Tan, Nui Dat Vietnam - 18th August 1966 Age 20
Awarded US PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION for the BATTLE of LONG TAN
The Battle of Long Tan (18 August 1966) took place near the village of Long Tan, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The action was fought between Australian forces and Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units after 108 men from D Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) clashed with a force of 1,500 to 2,500 men from the Viet Cong 275th Regiment, reinforced by at least one North Vietnamese battalion and D445 Provincial Mobile Battalion. The 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) had just arrived between April and June 1966, constructing a base at Nui Dat.
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View Memorial Site HERE.
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55120 PRIVATE
R.A. ALDERSEA
6 BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
18TH AUGUST 1966 AGE 20
I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER AND ETERNITY
MY RICKY ... YOUR LOVING WIFE BEVERLY
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