Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

Vietnam (1962-1975)

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

16/11/1946

Place of Birth

Germany

Address (at enlistment)

Coolibah Crescent, O'Connor ACT

School(s) Attended

Lyneham High School

Next of Kin

Dimitri and Helen Zarew (parents), Coolibah Crescent, O'Connor ACT

Service Number

2787093

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment

Memorial Plaque at Lyneham High School, Goodwin Street, Lyneham

Zarew was a National Serviceman who served in Vietnam from 1 April 1968 until 28 February 1969 with 1 Royal Australian Regiment. Based at Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province, 1RAR was deployed north of Saigon as part of Operation Toan Thang to block the movement of the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) following the Tet offensive. It arrived at Fire Support Base Coral on 12 May 1968. FSB Coral was attacked several times by the NVA until it was closed on 6 June. The Canberra Times shows an image of Zarew and Martin Bink on an exercise with the 3rd Royal NSW Regiment CMF in 1966.

John Cope, 'Between the First Forty Lynes: A History of Lyneham High School 1959-1999', Canberra 1999
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au
The Canberra Times - 24 January 1963, 28 February 1966, 20 April 1970, 18 June 1970, 4 December 1970, 20 May 1971
ACT Electoral Roll - 1965, 1972