Thomas William CHECKLEY

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CHECKLEY, Thomas William

Service Number:	311534
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	131 Divisional Locating Battery
Born:	Buxton, Derbyshire, England, 18 February 1938
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Accidental (fell from moving vehicle), South Vietnam, 5 August 1966, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Buxton Cemetery, Derbyshire, England Note: Repatriated ex Terendak Military Cemetery, Malaysia - 2nd Jun 2016, Buxton Cemetery, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. Victorian Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:	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

Vietnam War Service

22 Apr 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 311534, Detachment 131 Divisional Locating Battery
22 Apr 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 311534
5 Aug 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 311534, 131 Divisional Locating Battery

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Biography

Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery, 131 Locating Battery

Rank - Gunner

Served in Vietnam from 22 April 1966 to 5 August 1966

Birth: Feb. 18, 1938
Buxton
Derbyshire, England
Death: Aug. 5, 1966, Vietnam

311534 Gunner Thomas William Checkley
Detachment 131 Divisional Locating Battery
Royal Australian Corps of Artillery (RAA)
He died after falling from a vehicle returning from Vung Tau in Vietnam Age 28.

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