3789447 Private Robert Graham Perrin was born in Melbourne, Victoria on the 2nd September 1945.
He was a National Serviceman.
He served in Vietnam with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 8th April 1967 to the 2nd February 1968.
On 2nd February 1968 Private Bob Perrin and another soldier were being returned to B Company by helicopter. They needed to be winched in as the terrain was too rugged for a landing. Private Perrin was the first to be winched. He was about 5m below the helicopter when the wire cable started to part. The door gunner saw what was happening and tried to throw Perrin a cable while drawing the winched rope back in. The cable snapped and dropped Private Perrin about 20 m to the ground. He died immediately from a broken spine. Private Chris 'Simmo' Simpson of 5 Platoon B Company said: 'I was next on the winch and saw his broken body removed from the company location. When he died we were numb and depressed for days'.
He was a National Serviceman.
He served in Vietnam with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 8th April 1967 to the 2nd February 1968.
On 2nd February 1968 Private Bob Perrin and another soldier were being returned to B Company by helicopter. They needed to be winched in as the terrain was too rugged for a landing. Private Perrin was the first to be winched. He was about 5m below the helicopter when the wire cable started to part. The door gunner saw what was happening and tried to throw Perrin a cable while drawing the winched rope back in. The cable snapped and dropped Private Perrin about 20 m to the ground. He died immediately from a broken spine. Private Chris 'Simmo' Simpson of 5 Platoon B Company said: 'I was next on the winch and saw his broken body removed from the company location. When he died we were numb and depressed for days'.
3789447 Private Robert Graham Perrin was born in Melbourne, Victoria on the 2nd September 1945.
He was a National Serviceman.
He served in Vietnam with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 8th April 1967 to the 2nd February 1968.
On 2nd February 1968 Private Bob Perrin and another soldier were being returned to B Company by helicopter. They needed to be winched in as the terrain was too rugged for a landing. Private Perrin was the first to be winched. He was about 5m below the helicopter when the wire cable started to part. The door gunner saw what was happening and tried to throw Perrin a cable while drawing the winched rope back in. The cable snapped and dropped Private Perrin about 20 m to the ground. He died immediately from a broken spine. Private Chris 'Simmo' Simpson of 5 Platoon B Company said: 'I was next on the winch and saw his broken body removed from the company location. When he died we were numb and depressed for days'.
He was a National Serviceman.
He served in Vietnam with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 8th April 1967 to the 2nd February 1968.
On 2nd February 1968 Private Bob Perrin and another soldier were being returned to B Company by helicopter. They needed to be winched in as the terrain was too rugged for a landing. Private Perrin was the first to be winched. He was about 5m below the helicopter when the wire cable started to part. The door gunner saw what was happening and tried to throw Perrin a cable while drawing the winched rope back in. The cable snapped and dropped Private Perrin about 20 m to the ground. He died immediately from a broken spine. Private Chris 'Simmo' Simpson of 5 Platoon B Company said: 'I was next on the winch and saw his broken body removed from the company location. When he died we were numb and depressed for days'.
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3789447 PRIVATE
R.G. PERRIN
7 BATTALION
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT
2ND FEBRUARY 1968 AGE 22.
DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY WIFE
JOAN AND MOTHER ... NEVER FORGOTTEN
Gravesite Details
Officially Commemorted on Victorian Garden Of Remembrance, Springvale - Wall 12. Row H
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