DOHERTY, John Alexander
| Service Number: | 3789770 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
| Born: | Kerang, Victoria, 5 February 1945 |
| Home Town: | Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 18 February 1968, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bendigo Civil Cemetery Plot Section Lawn E4 Grave 41943, Garden of Remembrance, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| 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, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial |
Vietnam War Service
| 20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3789770, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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| 20 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3789770 |
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Name
Doherty , John Alexander
Service Army
Service Number 3789770
Rank Private
Date of Birth 05 02 1945
Place of Birth Kerang Vic.
Date of Intake 0/9/1966
NS Training 2 RTB
Follow Up Training 3 RAR Royal Australianj Infantry Corps
Basic Training Puckapunyal
Next of Kin at time of Service Mr & Mrs Doherty
Operational Service Vietnam
Medals AASM 1945-1975 / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star
Information from Nashos Nominal Roll
3789770 DOHERTY John Alexander Age 23,
3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
He was a boilermaker when called up in September, 1966.
The private with 3RAR was dead on arrival at the 93rd US Evacuation Hospital after receiving head wounds during a mortar attack in Bien Hoa Province on 18th February, 1968.
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
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