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Private Bryan Thomas Cullen

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Private Bryan Thomas Cullen

Birth
Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death
27 Nov 1967 (aged 20)
Vietnam
Burial
North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Wall 6 Panel G
Memorial ID
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217314 Private Bryan Cullen was born in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on the 26th October 1947.

His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, from the 26th September 1967 to the 23rd October 1967; 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 24th October 1967 until his death on the 27th November 1967
Bryan Cullen, a champion cyclist and trainee accountant, had served as a clerk in Battalion Headquarters and had asked to be posted to a rifle company to see action. He was posted to D Company. During an attack on an enemy bunker system Private Cullen was fatally wounded by a burst of enemy machine gun fire and died on the 27th November 1967.
217314 Private Bryan Cullen was born in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on the 26th October 1947.

His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, from the 26th September 1967 to the 23rd October 1967; 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 24th October 1967 until his death on the 27th November 1967
Bryan Cullen, a champion cyclist and trainee accountant, had served as a clerk in Battalion Headquarters and had asked to be posted to a rifle company to see action. He was posted to D Company. During an attack on an enemy bunker system Private Cullen was fatally wounded by a burst of enemy machine gun fire and died on the 27th November 1967.

Inscription

217314 PRIVATE
B.T. CULLEN
7 BATTALION
ROYAL AUST. REGIMENT
27-11-1967 AGE 20


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  • Maintained by: John Winterbotham
  • Originally Created by: 46512307
  • Added: May 25, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37475471/bryan_thomas-cullen: accessed ), memorial page for Private Bryan Thomas Cullen (26 Oct 1947–27 Nov 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37475471, citing Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by John Winterbotham (contributor 48166878).