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HOUSTON, Kenneth Raymond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2787776 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
Born: | Katoomba, New South Wales, 7 April 1945 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Police constable |
Died: | Died of Illness (battle casualty), South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 25 October 1968, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, 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 |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
4 Jun 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787776 | |
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4 Jun 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787776, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
19 Jun 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787776, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
19 Jun 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787776 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"2787776 HOUSTON Kenneth Raymond, 23, of Katoomba NSW, was a policeman when he was called up in July, 1967. The private with 3RAR died in Phuoc Tuy of heat exhaustion, severe shock and suffocation on October 25, 1968." - SOURCE (www.australianpolice.com.au)