DOHERTY, John Alexander
Service Number: | 3789770 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
Born: | Kerang, Victoria, 5 February 1945 |
Home Town: | Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Boilermaker |
Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 18 February 1968, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Bendigo Civil Cemetery Plot Section Lawn E4 Grave 41943, Garden of Remembrance, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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
20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3789770, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3789770 |
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Name
Doherty , John Alexander
Service Army
Service Number 3789770
Rank Private
Date of Birth 05 02 1945
Place of Birth Kerang Vic.
Date of Intake 0/9/1966
NS Training 2 RTB
Follow Up Training 3 RAR Royal Australianj Infantry Corps
Basic Training Puckapunyal
Next of Kin at time of Service Mr & Mrs Doherty
Operational Service Vietnam
Medals AASM 1945-1975 / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star
Information from Nashos Nominal Roll
3789770 DOHERTY John Alexander Age 23,
3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He was a boilermaker when called up in September, 1966.
The private with 3RAR was dead on arrival at the 93rd US Evacuation Hospital after receiving head wounds during a mortar attack in Bien Hoa Province on 18th February, 1968.
Information from Find a Grave Memorial