Denis John DONNELLY

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DONNELLY, Denis John

Service Number:	216445
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	104 Signal Squadron
Born:	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1945
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Accidental, South Vietnam, 9 August 1967, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales Portion RC Row CS
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

19 Jul 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 216445, 104 Signal Squadron
19 Jul 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 216445
9 Aug 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 216445, 104 Signal Squadron

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Biography

Birth: Dec. 6, 1945
Parkes
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Aug. 9, 1967
Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam

216445 Temporary Corporal. Denis John Donnelly, Age 21.
104 Signal Squadron Royal Australian Corps of Signals
Donnelly was accidently killed at the Australian base Nui Dat, Phuoc Tuy, When he was cleaning a F1 sub-machine gun and looked down the barrel on 9th August 1967.

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