Bill Parry JUST A NASHO Vietnam War conscripts National Service 6 RAR 2 RAR

WINSTON O. PARRY (Bill), served 35 years in the Army in the Royal Australian Infantry Corps. His overseas service took him to Malaya and Borneo with 3 RAR (B Company), and to Vietnam in the rifle platoons with 2 RAR 67-68, 8 RAR 69-70 and AATTV in 1970. He served in NZ on an exchange tour with a rifle company in 1968. He also had the opportunity to serve with the 1/27 Wolfhounds for two months in Hawaii, USA, in 1972, and three rotational tours to Butterworth Malaysia, as a member of the Ready Reaction Force in 1973, 1974/75 and 1976, for periods of three months. He was promoted to Warrant Officer in 1981 and was posted to regular units. After discharge from the regular army he worked in Reserve units in the Inactive Reserve, Full Time Service and the General Reserve, mostly as an Instructor or Course Manager.