
BOARDMAN, Kenneth James
Service Number: | 218336 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Cavalry Regiment |
Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia , 28 October 1948 |
Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 12 June 1971, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Anglican Monumental Sect 8 Grave 815 |
Tree Plaque: |
Tongala Armoured Corps Avenue of Honour
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Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Tongala Cavalry Memorial Vietnam 1965-1972 |
Biography
Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Rank - Corporal
A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment 12/06/1971
A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment 18/02/1969 12/05/1969
B Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment 13/05/1969 21/02/1970
Headquarters, 1st Australian Task Force 25/03/1971
218336 Corporal Kenneth James Boardman Aged 22
3rd Cavalry Regiment Royal Australian Armoured Corps.
Killed in Action 12 June 1971, whilst Crew Commander of Armoured Personnel Carrier "Tango Alpha 84 Bravo" in the Phuoc Tuy - Long Khanh Province border area when the APC he was commanding was ambushed during Operation "Overlord".