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Rex Clark
Rex Clark (14 September 1935 — 19 October 1978) was an officer of the Australian Army and a military historian. He was the most decorated Australian serviceman to serve in Vietnam, by the number of decorations and awards received. He gained some notoriety due to his serving as a mercenary in foreign wars while on leave from the Australian Army, and consequently being awarded a number of awards for bravery. He ended his own life while being investigated in relation to the disappearance of militaria from museums and private collections.
== Military service ==
Major Rex Clark served as a member of the Australian Army Training Team in the South Vietnam in 1963–1964. He was assigned to the Army staff in London for two years in 1968 and returned to Vietnam as project officer in the ''Australian Army Assistance Group Vietnam'' in 1972.〔(CLARK, Rex, Service No: 24263" ) on the Department of Veterans' Affairs site〕〔"Major's death may end medals case, say police", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 28 October 1978〕 Clark also served secretly while attached to an American unit which was fighting in Cambodia.〔
The Dhofar Rebellion in Oman that raged between 1962 and 1976 attracted foreign mereceneries to help fight the Marxist guerillas who were threatening the regime of the British-educated Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said. This war attracted soldiers with Vietnam War combat experience like Rex Clark and Keith Payne, who were recruited with other mercenaries directly into battlefield leadership roles to shore up the Sultan's regime and to help prevent the key oil-exporting Strait of Hormuz from falling under communist control.〔 Attached to the Iranian Brigade as a liaison officer Clark was wounded during a successful bid to save Iranian soldiers caught in a battle during the rebellion.〔〔
While on long service leave from the Army in August-September 1978 he fought unofficially with Rhodesian troops against guerrilla forces.〔〔
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