Norman George ALLEN

ALLEN, Norman George

Service Number: 2784699
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
Born: Rose Bay, New South Wales, 24 April 1946
Home Town: Rose Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 10 November 1967, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales
Church of England, Row C, Grave 15 * Remains repatriated to Australia in 2016
Memorials: Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , 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, Sydney 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque
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Vietnam War Service

14 Aug 1967: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2784699, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
14 Aug 1967: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2784699
10 Nov 1967: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2784699, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)

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2784699 Norman George Allen was born in Rose Bay, NSW, Australia, on the 24th April 1946. He was a National Serviceman from the Australian state of New South Wales. He served as a rifleman in the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from 14th August 1967 until his death on the 10th November 1967. He was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy Province from a claymore mine explosion on the 10th November 1967

His grave is within the Terendak Cemetery in Malaysia and is located in Row C (grave 15) within the lawned area of the Church of England section. - Information from Find a Grave Memorial

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