Australian Vietnam war slouch hat

[upbeek]

Good evening gentlemen
I have recently just aquired a 1968 dated slouch hat which is named to a soldier called Wellington A120495 RF , is there anybody here that would know anything about this unit or the soldier by his service number?
Chay

[upbeek]

I have found that RF is Regional Force ?

[tuckerf]

Hi, there are 3 Wellingtons on the Vietnam Veterans Nominal roll, none of which have that service number. My regimental number does not have an alpha prefix and I was issued with it in 1969. Are there any other markings in the hat?

[upbeek]

Thankyou for your response, here are the only markings I can find

[upbeek]

The hat came from a good source and I paid nothing for it , I didn't know there was a marking under the leather band until yesterday which I found interesting.Oh I made a mistake with the date it is actually 1967.

[2ndAIF]

Good evening gentlemen
I have recently just aquired a 1968 dated slouch hat which is named to a soldier called Wellington A120495 RF , is there anybody here that would know anything about this unit or the soldier by his service number?
Chay

Hi, RF would be the initials of his first and middle name and nothing to do with South Vietnamese Regional Forces... The A prefix is for the Airforce. There was nobody by that name or number who served in Vietnam so he could have served any time from the 1960's - 80's and as far as I know there is no way of getting that info.... Hope this helps

Also what colour is the pugaree?

[99notout]

Hi, RF would be the initials of his first and middle name and nothing to do with South Vietnamese Regional Forces... The A prefix is for the Airforce. There was nobody by that name or number who served in Vietnam so he could have served any time from the 1960's - 80's and as far as I know there is no way of getting that info.... Hope this helps

Also what colour is the pugaree?

+1 for this good answer. The only other thing is the number starting with a (1) indicates that Wellington RF enlisted in Queensland.

Here is a link about Service numbers, and all you ever needed to know:give-up:

http://www.samrainc.org/Pdf/Whats%20In%20a%20Number.pdf

[upbeek]

Wow thankyou gentlemen downunder you have unravelled a mystery for me ,
Regards Chay