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SHEPPARD, Lawrence Rodney

Service Number:	3790506
Enlisted:	1 February 1967, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Puckapunyal.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 May 1946
Home Town:	Sunbury, Hume, Victoria
Schooling:	Sunbury High School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Insurance Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Long Binh, FSB Coral, South Vietnam, 13 May 1968, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Area: A. F. Alway Lawn Section: Sub section: Sector: Plot: Row: O Grave: 70
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, Toogoom Vietnam Memorial, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

Vietnam War Service

1 Feb 1967:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790506, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, Puckapunyal.
17 Jan 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790506
26 Feb 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790506
10 Apr 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790506
12 May 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3790506, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam, KIA FSB Coral

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