Full name: Ian Barry MACKAY

Service number: 235082

Category of service: Australian Regular Army

Date of enlistment: 02 May 1952

Date of discharge: 01 May 1978
Employment: Instructor

Rank on discharge: Lieutenant Colonel

Postings:
Royal Military College 02 May 1952
4 Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment 09 January 1956
1 Special Air Service Company 03 January 1958
11/44 Infantry Battalion 04 October 1958
2 Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment 09 October 1959 Miscellaneous Australian Detachments,
Far East Land Forces 26 February 1962 Staff & Regimental Appointments,
Far East Land Forces 15 October 1962
Royal Military College (Staff) 27 January 1964
6 Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment 28 November 1966 Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam 31 May 1967 Unallotted List, Eastern Command 13 November 1967
Pakistan Staff College 27 January 1968
Army Headquarters Canberra 27 February 1969
Joint Services Staff College 25 January 1971
7 Battalion, Royal Australia Regiment 12 July 1971
Army Headquarters Canberra 19 March 1973
Joint Services Staff College 19 December 1973
Operations Branch, Army Office 17 January 1977

Operational Service/Deployment:
Malaya 03 October 1961 to 16 May 1963
Vietnam 17 May 1963 to 24 May 1963
Singapore 25 May 1963 to 12 January 1964
Vietnam 28 November 1966 to 14 November 1967
Pakistan 23 January 1968 to Date not recorded

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Honours and Awards:
Australian Active Service Medal 1945-75 with Clasp ‘VIETNAM’ Vietnam Medal
Defence Force Service Medal with First Clasp National Medal with First Clasp
Australian Defence Medal Pingat Jasa Malaysia
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal Returned from Active Service Badge