WELDON, Alan Howard
Service Number: | 17703 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 August 1944 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 15 August 2020, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
19 May 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 17703, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) | |
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19 May 1967: | Involvement 17703 | |
8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
8 Feb 1969: | Involvement 17703 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
In the mid-sixties Alan served with 4 RAR in the Malaya/Borneo ‘Confrontasi’ conflict. He then deployed to South Vietnam with 2 RAR from 19 May to 24 October 1967, when he was medically returned to Australia due to an illness. He redeployed to South Vietnam with 5 RAR on 8 February, serving as the commander of 7 Section, 12 Platoon, D Company. Alan, amongst others, was wounded in a enemy mine incident on 15 June 1969. He was medevaced to Australia on 30 June 1969. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend