Guy Richard GODDEN

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Service Number:	6708763
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
Born:	England, 23 May 1946
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Launceston High School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 8 February 1968, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania War Graves site
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance

20 Dec 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 6708763
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 6708763, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)

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Guy was one of four brothers.

My understandingis they were placed under the Barnado scheme and transferred to one of their homes at Exeter Tasmania

Guy was the class clown at school and made many friend in Launceston

When called up for National Service he was engaged to a Launceston girl called Denice