DE VRIES VAN LEEUWEN, Thomas Johannes
| Service Number: | 4718756 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
| Born: | Holland, 17 January 1946 |
| Home Town: | Casterton, Glenelg, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in an enemy mortar attack - Operation Coburg 1968, Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, 18 February 1968, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Barker Cemetery, S.A. General Section B Grave 133 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Hilton Australia's National Servicemen Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Pooraka War Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour |
Vietnam War Service
| 28 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4718756, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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| 28 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4718756 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Service Record
Name
De Vries Van Leeuwen , Thomas Johannes
Service Army
Service Number 4718756
Rank Private
Date of Birth 17 01 1946
Place of Birth Holland, The Netherlands
Date of Intake 0/2/1967
NS Training 2 RTB
Follow Up Training 3 RAR Royal Australian Infantry Corps
Basic Training Puckapunyal
Next of Kin at time of Service Mr & Mrs De Vries Van Leeuwen
Operational Service Vietnam
Medals AASM 1945-1975 / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star
Information from Nashos Nominal Roll
4718756 Private Thomas Johannes De Vries Van Leeuwen, Age 22
Pte De Vries Van Leeuwen was killed during a mortar attack on Fire Support Base Anderson in Bien Hoa Province at 1.15am 18th February 1968 during Operation Coburg. Buried Mt Barker Cemetery SA.
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
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