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Private Barleif Alfred Harstad

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Private Barleif Alfred Harstad

Birth
Oakleigh, Monash City, Victoria, Australia
Death
6 Aug 1967 (aged 21)
Vietnam
Burial
Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Alway Lawn - Row E Grave 48
Memorial ID
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38939 Private Barleif Alfred Harstad was born in Oakleigh, Victoria on the 26th September 1945.
His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, from the 12th January 1967 to the 3rd February 1967.
5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 4th February 1967 to the 25th April 1967 and 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 26th April 1967 to the 6th August 1967

… the fatal action in Vietnam …
Barleif Harstad died after being wounded during the Battle of Suoi Chau Pha, in Phuoc Tuy Province on August 6 1967. Five other Australian soldiers from A Company died and 15 were wounded during this battle.
38939 Private Barleif Alfred Harstad was born in Oakleigh, Victoria on the 26th September 1945.
His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, from the 12th January 1967 to the 3rd February 1967.
5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 4th February 1967 to the 25th April 1967 and 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 26th April 1967 to the 6th August 1967

… the fatal action in Vietnam …
Barleif Harstad died after being wounded during the Battle of Suoi Chau Pha, in Phuoc Tuy Province on August 6 1967. Five other Australian soldiers from A Company died and 15 were wounded during this battle.

Inscription

38939 PRIVATE
B.A. HARSTAD
7 BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
6TH AUGUST 1967 AGE 21

WE DO NOT LOSE THE ONE WE LOVE
GOD TAKES HIM IN HIS CARE .. MUM AND DAD

Gravesite Details

Official Commemoration Garden Of Remembrance Victoria Wall 13 – Row B


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