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Robert Bruce Milligan was born on 16th July 1936 in Taree, New South Wales, Australia.
After graduating Officer Cadet School, Portsea as Dux, Robert was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Australian Regular Army and posted to the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). [1]
Robert married Carolyn Marion Harris in 1964 in St Leonards, New South Wales. [2]
On 22nd April 1966, as a temporary Captain, he deployed with the battalion to South Vietnam. [1]
Aged 30 years, and along with his company commander Major Donald Bourne he was killed in action on 14th February 1967 during a patrol at An Nhut, near Dat Do, Phuoc Tuy Province. A 'friendly' booby trap set by the South Vietnamese to stop Viet Cong incursions had been tripped. Robert had just two weeks more to serve before returning to Australia. [3]
Robert Bruce Milligan's name is located at panel 5 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra and Macquarie Park Cemetery, New South Wales. [4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Department of Veterans' Affairs nominal roll: 29635 Captain Robert Bruce Milligan; accessed 9 Mar 2023
- ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #23006/1964
- ↑ Ham, Paul. Vietnam: The Australian War. HarperCollins, Sydney, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7322-8780-1
- ↑ Australian War Memorial roll of honour: 29635 Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Robert Bruce Milligan; accessed 9 Mar 2023