AYLETT, Donald Raymond
| Service Number: | 38110 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
| Born: | Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1945 |
| Home Town: | Byrneside, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 6 August 1967, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tatura Public Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Section C Grave 272 |
| 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, Tatura R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Sub-Branch Honour Roll, Tatura War Memorial |
Vietnam War Service
| 3 Jun 1965: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 38110, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
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| 3 Jun 1965: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 38110 | |
| 2 Apr 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 38110, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) | |
| 2 Apr 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 38110 |
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Birth: May 10, 1945
Mooroopna
Victoria, Australia
Death: Aug. 6, 1967, Vietnam
38110 Temporary Corporal Donald Raymond Aylett
7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He was killed leading his section into action during the Battle of Suoi Chau Pha, in Phuoc Tuy Province on 6th August 1967 Age 22.
1 Platoon had really walked into it. Within minutes, two sections were leaderless, ‘Lofty' Aylett being shot leading his men into action, and ‘Gabby' Hayes, taking cover at the head of his men behind a log which unfortunately lay the wrong way, receiving a direct burst from a machine gun not ten yards away.'
Two section commanders dead, a dozen men wounded, and Rod Smith was in trouble. A shot for shot battle commenced.
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Biography of Donald R. Aylett
Dessie Aylett was born in Mooroopna, in the state of Victoria, Australia, on the 10th May 1945
His service in Vietnam included:-
1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd June 1965 to the 5th June 1966
7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment from the 2nd April 1967 until his death on the 6th August 1967
… the fatal action in Vietnam …
1 Platoon had really walked into it. Within minutes, two sections were leaderless, ‘Lofty’ Aylett being shot leading his men into action, and ‘Gabby’ Hayes, taking cover at the head of his men behind a log which unfortunately lay the wrong way, receiving a direct burst from a machine gun not ten yards away.’
Two section commanders dead, a dozen men wounded, and Rod Smith was in trouble. A shot for shot battle commenced.
Information from Porky 7 7RAR Association Website
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Awarded Army Commendation Medal for Service
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