DONNELLY, William Wayne
Service Number: | 217898 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) |
Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1949 |
Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, Mây Tào Mountains, South Vietnam, 24 November 1968, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Zone: B, Section: EE, Plot: 782 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Vietnam Memorial, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment |
Vietnam War Service
9 Sep 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217898, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
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9 Sep 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217898 | |
25 Sep 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217898, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
25 Sep 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 217898 |
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Birth: Jul. 22, 1949
Dubbo
Dubbo City
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Nov. 24, 1968, Vietnam
217898 Private William Wayne Donnelly,
1st Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Donnelly died at the 24th US Evacuation after being shot during a contact in May Tau Hills on 24th November 1968.Age 19.
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