CLARK, Donald Murray
Service Number: | 5713804 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Northampton, Western Australia, 14 May 1945 |
Home Town: | Northampton, Northampton, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 21 February 1967, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Geraldton Cemetery, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance, Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Northampton S.E. Asian Wars Roll of Honour, Northampton War Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
5 Oct 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
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5 Oct 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804 | |
5 Nov 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
5 Nov 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804 |
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Birth: May 14, 1945
Northampton
Western Australia, Australia
Death: Feb. 21, 1967, Vietnam
5713804 Private Donald Murray Clark Age 21
5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He grew up on Meadow Station north of Geraldton, Western Australia. On 21st February 1967 the APC in which Clark was travelling hit a mine at the base of the Long Hai hills and overturned. He was evacuated to the US 36th Evacuation Hospital at Vung Tau but died before he arrived there.
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