54864 Private Ian Ronald Ramsay, of Perth, WA, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment ...

54864 Private Ian Ronald Ramsay, of Perth, WA, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), crossing over a log bridge in the jungle of Sarawak, where the battalion is engaged in security operations and regular patrols along the Indonesian border. Pte Ramsay later served in South Vietnam with 2nd Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) between 1968 and 1969 and with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) between 1971 and 1972. He was awarded the South Vietnamese Staff Service Medal, 2nd Class, the Cambodian National Defence Medal with Bronze Star and the South Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation. Pte Ramsay is armed with a 7.62mm L1A1 self loading rifle (SLR) which has been fitted with an L4, 30 round magazine.