Donald Murray CLARK

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CLARK, Donald Murray

Service Number:	5713804
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Born:	Northampton, Western Australia, 14 May 1945
Home Town:	Northampton, Northampton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 21 February 1967, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Geraldton Cemetery, Western Australia Garden of Remembrance, Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Northampton S.E. Asian Wars Roll of Honour, Northampton War Memorial, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour

Vietnam War Service

5 Oct 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
5 Oct 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804
5 Nov 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
5 Nov 1966:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5713804

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Biography

Birth: May 14, 1945
Northampton
Western Australia, Australia
Death: Feb. 21, 1967, Vietnam

5713804 Private Donald Murray Clark Age 21
5th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He grew up on Meadow Station north of Geraldton, Western Australia. On 21st February 1967 the APC in which Clark was travelling hit a mine at the base of the Long Hai hills and overturned. He was evacuated to the US 36th Evacuation Hospital at Vung Tau but died before he arrived there.

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