VALE 218013 STEPHEN MAXWELL PORTER – 5RAR
1 August 1949 – 30 January 2025
Pte Stephen Porter passed away on Thursday 30 January.
Steve enlisted on November 1967, did his recruit training at 1 RTB and Corps training at Infantry Centre. He was transferred to 9 Platoon, 5 RAR in May 1968 as a rifleman. Steve transferred to the Q-Store, deployed to Vietnam and completed the 1969-70 Tour with them, arriving in Sydney on 10 March 1970. Steve moved to Ordnance Corps, he had many postings, and he took his retirement 1988 with the rank of WO1.
We have no funeral details at this time.
Regards,
Gary Townsend
5 RARA Membership Officer/Tiger Tales Editor
