Anatoly (Tony) DANILENKO MID

DANILENKO, Anatoly

Service Number: 235250
Enlisted: 2 February 1960
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
Born: Germany, 10 October 1943
Home Town: Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling: Parkes High School and Royal Military College Duntroon
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Killed in Action, Dak Pek, South Vietnam, 25 April 1968, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Parkes Cemetery, NSW
Anglican section (New) row B Plot 18,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Canungra - The Grove - AATTV Row of Memory, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour
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Non Warlike Service

2 Feb 1960: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 235250

Vietnam War Service

13 Nov 1967: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 235250, Headquarters, Australian Force Vietnam (Army Component)
13 Nov 1967: Involvement 235250
12 Feb 1968: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 235250, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
12 Feb 1968: Involvement 235250

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Biography

"235250 Lieutenant (temporaroy Captain) Anatoly Danilenko. Capt Danilenko served with Headquarters Australian Forces, Vietnam between 13 November 1967 and 12 February 1968. He then served with the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam from 13 February 1968 until he was killed in action in Quang Tri Province on 25 April 1968. He was Mentioned in Despatches posthumously." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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