Warrant Officer Class 2 Keith Payne, VC

Date of birth	1933-08-30	Ingham, QLD.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1951-08-13	Enlisted in the army.
Other	1952-04	Posted to Korea with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and 28th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade.
Date returned to Australia	1953-03
Date promoted	1955	Promoted to corporal.
Other units	1956	11 National Service Training Battalion.
Other units	1960-02	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.
Other units	1961-06	Served in Malaya with the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment.
Other units	1965-02	Joined the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, as a sergeant.
Other units	1965-06	Officer Training Unit, Schyeville.
Other units	1967-02	Served in Papua New Guinea with 2nd Battalion Pacific Islands Regiment.
Date returned to Australia	1968-03	Headquarters Northern Command, Brisbane.
Other units	1969-02-24	Joined the Australian Army Training Team in Vietnam.
Date of honour or award	1969-04-15	Awarded Victoria Cross for action at Kontum province, Vietnam whilst serving with Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam as a Warrant Officer Class 2. Payne led his company to safety under heavy fire and organised the rescue of many wounded soldiers.
Date returned to Australia	1969-09	Evacuated from Vietnam to Brisbane due to illness.
Other	1970-01	Posted to Royal Military College Duntroon as an instructor.
Other units	1972-12	42nd Battalion, Royal Queensland Regiment, at Mackay.
Date of discharge	1975-03-13