A GOOD VIETNAM WAR PAIR AWARDED TO PRIVATE, 1ST BATTALION, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT. SERVING IN VIETNAM IN 1965, HIS BATTALION WAS THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN BATTALION SENT TO VIETNAM AND WAS PLACED UNDER COMMAND OF THE US 173RD AIRBORNE BRIGADE, THUS BECOMING THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN UNIT TO SERVE IN A US FORMATION

VIETNAM 1964-73 ‘4410669 P.R. NORMAN’; SOUTH VIETNAM, 1964-72, WITH ‘1960’ CLASP ‘4410669 P.R. NORMAN’, WITH RIBAND BAR.

Private Peter Ross Norman of Adelaide, South Australia, was born on 3 September 1945 and served in Vietnam between 27 May 1965 and 11 June 1966 with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR). The 1st Battalion was the first Australian battalion to be deployed in Vietnam and soon after arrival was placed under command of the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade, thus becoming the first Australian unit to serve in a U.S. formation.

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Note: The first South Vietnam War medals awarded were issued unnamed. The example in this pair of medals has been privately engraved.

Condition NEF. A good Vietnam pair to an Australian soldiers who’s unit was one of the first to take part in the Vietnam War