Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

Vietnam (1962-1975)

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

13/09/1947

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Dumaresq Street, Dickson ACT

School(s) Attended

Lyneham High School

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Alexander and Margery Arnel (parents), Dumaresq Street, Dickson ACT

Service Number

235410

Final Rank

Corporal

Final Unit

7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment

Memorial Plaque at Lyneham High School, Goodwin Street, Lyneham

Arnel's father was an officer in the RAAF, a Spitfire pilot and prisoner of war in World War 2. Arnel attained his leaving certificate at Lyneham High School in 1964 and was successful in applying for entrance to the Royal Military College, Duntroon in 1966. However, he served in Vietnam as an infantryman with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from 16 February 1970 to 4 March 1971.  He remained in the army after the war, eventually reaching the rank of major. He died on 20 February 2020, leaving behind a widow and two children.

John Cope, 'Between the First Forty Lynes: A History of Lyneham High School 1959-1999', Canberra 1999
The Canberra Times - 14 January 1965, 9 November 1974, 22 February 2020
Between the Lynes - Lyneham High School magazine, 1964
Darren Moore, ‘Duntroon: A history of the Royal Military College of Australia 1911-2001’, 2001 (list of cadets)
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au