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2791261 Gunner Peter Francis Oakes passed away on 17 April, 2012. Peter was a National Serviceman called up in October, 1968 and
served with 4th Field Regiment on the Regiment’s second tour to
Vietnam in 1970.
In Vietnam, Peter was a gunner with 106 Battery and was the Battery
Captain’s batman/driver. As a legacy of his service in Vietnam, Peter
came home with a medical condition that was to haunt him for the restof his life and which played a part in his premature passing. |
Peter hailed from the central coast of New South Wales, and after his
two years in the Army, became a long and loyal employee of the Pilkington Glass Company.
Peter was a proud gunner and a good soldier; he will be sadly missed by all who knew him
and served with him.
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