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PHILLIPS, O'Brian Cedric Ignatious
Personal Details
Service Number: | R56859 |
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Enlisted: | 12 March 1960 |
Last Rank: | Petty Officer Aircrewman |
Last Unit: | RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam |
Born: | Patna, India, 18 June 1936 |
Home Town: | Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Trainee Engineman - WA Railways |
Died: | Helicopter crash, Vietnam, 21 August 1968, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Rockingham Vietnam War Roll of Honour, Fremantle Royal Australian Navy in 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 |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
12 Mar 1960: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman |
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Vietnam War Service
31 May 1965: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R56859 | |
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31 May 1965: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R56859, HMAS Melbourne (I) | |
15 Oct 1967: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer, R56859 | |
15 Oct 1967: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Petty Officer Aircrewman, R56859, RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam |
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