DESNOY, John Walter
| Service Number: | 3791033 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 15 August 1945 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Guillotine operator |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 26 May 1968, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated and ashes collected |
| 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, Toogoom Vietnam Memorial, Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
Vietnam War Service
| 20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3791033, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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| 20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3791033 | |
| 12 May 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3791033, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam, KIA FSB Balmoral |
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Service Record
Name
Desnoy , John Walter
Service Army
Service Number 3791033
Rank Private
Date of Birth 15 08 1945
Place of Birth Melbourne Vic.
Date of Intake 0/5/1967
NS Training 2 RTB
Follow Up Training Inf Centre, Ingelburn, NSW / 3 RAR Woodside SA, / KIA Battle of Coral/Balmoral Bien Hoa Province Vietnam - 26 05 1968
Basic Training Puckapunyal, Vic
Next of Kin at time of Service Mr & Mrs Desnoy
Operational Service Vietnam
Medals AASM 1945-1975 / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star
Information from Nashos Nominal Roll
Birth: Aug. 15, 1945
Melbourne
Victoria, Australia
Death: May 26, 1968
Bien Hoa
Dong Nai, Vietnam
3791033 DESNOY John Walter Age 22,
3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He was a guillotine operator in the printing industry when he was called up in April 1967. The private with 3RAR was killed in action at the Battle of Coral/Balmoral in Bien Hoa Province on May 26, 1968.
Note: Springvale botanical cemetery record that the cremated remains have been collected.
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
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