Informal portrait of 213963 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Richard Harold John "Tiny" Parker, 1st ...

Informal portrait of 213963 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Richard Harold John "Tiny" Parker, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) taken in the field South Vietnam. On 8 November 1965, during Operation Hump in Bien Hoa province, L Cpl Tiny Parker, 24, of St Leonards, NSW, and Private Peter Raymond Gillson, 20, of Holsworthy, both regular army soldiers with 1 RAR, were killed in action Both soldiers were observed by their comrades to be hit repeatedly by enemy automatic weapons fire at close range. Despite brave attempts by other soldiers, their bodies could not be recovered owing to heavy enemy fire that pinned down their company. The remains of Gillson and Parker were located in May 2007 and were repatriated to Australia in June 2007.