Pat Beale Author

Pat Beale served as an officer in the Regular Army for thirty years during which he saw active service in the later days of the Malayan Emergency; the Confrontation in Borneo, where he was awarded the Military Cross; and then in Vietnam, where, as a member of the Australian Army Training Team, he was attached to the US Special Force. There he commanded a battalion of hills’ tribesmen which he led in the intense ten-day battle of Dak Seang, for which he was awarded a Distinguished Service Order for gallantry and a US Silver Star while his battalion received the prestigious US Valourous Unit Citation.