MATHIESON, Kenneth Frank
Service Number: | 37175 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1942 |
Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia,, 11 May 1967, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Grave No. 1509, Roman Catholic Lawn ‘S' |
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
12 Jan 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175 | |
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12 Jan 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
4 Feb 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175 | |
4 Feb 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) |
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"Australian dies
An Australian soldier died yesterday in the Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, from wounds received during operations in Vietnam, it was announced in Canberra last night. He was Private Kenneth Frank Mathieson, 24, single, of Thomastown, Victoria. Private Mathieson received gunshot wounds to the head and arm while serving with 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, in Phuoc Tuy Province, on March 22. He was evacuated to Australia for medical treatment on April 12." - from the Canberra Times 13 May 1967 (nla.gov.au)