
CASTON, Robert John
Service Number: | 4719003 |
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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, Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Adelaide South East Asian Conflicts 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 |
Vietnam War Service
20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 4719003, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), The Tet Offensive - Vietnam 1968 | |
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20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private | |
20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 4719003, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
4 Feb 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SN 4719003, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
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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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