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===Vietnam War (Australian forces)=== * November 23, 1969: Following a night of heavy drinking within the [[9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment|9th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment]] at [[Nui Dat]], South Vietnam, a grenade was rolled into the tent of sleeping Lieutenant Robert Thomas Convery: Convery was killed in the explosion. Private Peter Denzil "Pedro" Allen was convicted of Convery's murder, and served ten years and eight months of a life sentence in [[Risdon Prison Complex|Risdon Prison]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19700116&id=ddtUAAAAIBAJ&pg=3683,2502432 |title=Private guilty of murder, life sentence |newspaper=The Age |via=Google News |access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref> * December 25, 1970: Private Paul Raymond "Ramon" Ferriday took his SLR rifle and opened fire into the Sergeant's Mess of the [[Royal Australian Army Service Corps]] at Nui Dat, South Vietnam, following an all-day drinking session, with Sergeants Allan Brian Moss and Wallace James Galvin being shot dead and Sergeant Frederick Edwin Bowtell wounded. During his court-martial, an Army psychiatrist described Ferriday as having a "paranoid character" and being prone to fits of rage, despite witnesses describing him as being aware of his actions and giving details of previous threatening altercations.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 27, 1971|title=Psychiatrist says soldier 'paranoid'|page=7|work=Canberra Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110458262|access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> Ferriday was convicted on two counts of manslaughter and one count of assault with a weapon, and served eight years of a ten-year sentence in [[Pentridge Prison]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.iprimus.com.au/buckomp/FerridayMurdersWebdoc.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030319093911/http://home.iprimus.com.au/buckomp/FerridayMurdersWebdoc.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2003|title=PTE Ferriday Murders|website=home.iprimus.com.au|access-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>
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