FRENCH, Vivian Albert
Service Number: | 1202185 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 3rd Cavalry Regiment |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 30 December 1949 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 8 December 1969, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Mount Gravatt Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane |
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, Tongala Cavalry Memorial Vietnam 1965-1972 |
Vietnam War Service
27 Aug 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Trooper, 1202185, 3rd Cavalry Regiment | |
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27 Aug 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1202185 |
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"...1202185 Trooper Vivian Albert French, 1st Forward Delivery Troop, B Squadron, 3 Cavalry Regiment. Tpr French deployed to Vietnam on 27 August 1969. On 8 December 1969, Tpr French was killed instantly when the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) he was driving hit an enemy landmine in the May Tao mountains; he was 19 years old." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)