CASHION, Garry Owen
| Service Number: | 62036 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, 28 July 1950 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 16 June 1970, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania CofE Section C L Grave 179, Cornelian Bay Public Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, 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 |
Vietnam War Service
| 3 Sep 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 62036 | |
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| 3 Sep 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 62036, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam | |
| 24 Sep 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 62036, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
| 24 Sep 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 62036 | |
| 10 Feb 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 62036, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) | |
| 10 Feb 1970: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 62036 |
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Biography of Gary Owen Cashion
Gary Cashion was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, on the 28th July 1950.
His service in Vietnam included:-
1 Australian Reinforcement Unit, from the 3rd September 1969 to the 23rd September 1969
5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 24th September 1969 to the 9th February 1970
7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 10th February 1970 until his death on 16th June 1970
… in Vietnam …
The evening of the 16th June was, in the words of Private Merv Hains, “one of the worst nights I have ever experienced”.
There were frequent and violent lightening strikes during a stormy evening. About 500m north of Lo Voi, in one of those
unfortunate freaks of nature, one bolt struck an armoured personel carrier antenna which Private Gary Cashion of
D Company was leaning against. Private Cashion died that evening as a result of his injuries.
His grave is within the Cornelian Bay Cemetery in Tasmania and is located in Section CL (Grave 179) in the Church of England area.
Information from 7 RAR Association website
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