CHECKLEY, Thomas William
Service Number: | 311534 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 131 Divisional Locating Battery |
Born: | Buxton, Derbyshire, England, 18 February 1938 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Accidental (fell from moving vehicle), South Vietnam, 5 August 1966, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire, England Note: Repatriated ex Terendak Military Cemetery, Malaysia - 2nd Jun 2016, Buxton Cemetery, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Victorian Garden of Remembrance. |
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 |
Vietnam War Service
22 Apr 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 311534, Detachment 131 Divisional Locating Battery | |
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22 Apr 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 311534 | |
5 Aug 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 311534, 131 Divisional Locating Battery |
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Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, 131 Locating Battery
Rank - Gunner
Served in Vietnam from 22 April 1966 to 5 August 1966
Birth: Feb. 18, 1938
Buxton
Derbyshire, England
Death: Aug. 5, 1966, Vietnam
311534 Gunner Thomas William Checkley
Detachment 131 Divisional Locating Battery
Royal Australian Corps of Artillery (RAA)
He died after falling from a vehicle returning from Vung Tau in Vietnam Age 28.
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