Kenneth Raymond HOUSTON

HOUSTON, Kenneth Raymond

Service Number: 2787776
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
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Vietnam War Service

4 Jun 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787776
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

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Biography 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)