Robert John CASTON

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CASTON, Robert John

Service Number:	4719003
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 9 November 1946
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 4 February 1968, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens - Path 6 - Grave 542A,
Memorials:	Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Colonel Light Gardens St Therese Catholic Church - Stations of the Cross, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Hilton Australia's National Servicemen Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Pooraka War Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial

Vietnam War Service

20 Dec 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4719003, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), The Tet Offensive - Vietnam 1968
20 Dec 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private
20 Dec 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4719003, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
4 Feb 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4719003, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)

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Biography

Birth: Nov. 9, 1946, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death: Feb. 4, 1968, Vietnam

4719003 CASTON Robert John, 21, of Adelaide, South Australia, was called up in April 1967 and went to Vietnam in December that year with D Company, 3RAR. Private Caston died of wounds at the 24th US Evacuation Hospital at Long Binh on February 4, 1968 after being hit by a sniper's bullet at Long Dien during the Tet offensive.

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