Vietnam Vanguard
Appendix A. 5th Battalion Decorations and Awards: Vietnam 1966–67
Distinguished Service Order
Lieutenant Colonel John Arnold Warr
Military Cross
Second Lieutenant Michael Joseph Gunther Deak (Michael von Berg)
Second Lieutenant John Douglas McAloney
Second Lieutenant Dennis Claude Rainer
Military Medal
Private Colin John Cogswell
Private Peter Fraser
British Empire Medal
Sergeant Robert George Armitage
Commendation for Distinguished Service
Sergeant Robert George Armitage (gazetted in Vietnam End of War List 3 June 1998)
Mentioned in Dispatches
Major Owen Maxwell Carroll
Major Paul Netherton Greenhalgh
Major Ivor Ronald John Hodgkinson MBE
Major Stanley John Maizey
Major Malcolm Bruce McQualter*
Captain Peter James Isaacs
Captain Harold Anthony Duckett White
Captain Robert John O’Neill
Lieutenant John Curtis Hartley (two awards)
Lieutenant John Carruthers*
Second Lieutenant Dennis Claude Rainer
Warrant Officer Class 2 Brian Malcolm Hughson
Sergeant Robert George Armitage
Corporal Norman James Womal*
Private William Roy Cavanagh
Private Sydney Lawrence Shore
Private Arthur Douglas Hillier
Private Lawrence Victor Lewis
* posthumously
Citations accompanying these awards can be found on the 5 RAR Association website: www.5rar.asn.au/history/awards.htm.
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