Alan Douglas JELLIE

JELLIE, Alan Douglas

Service Number: 39510
Enlisted: 11 March 1969
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 October 1947
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Marion High School
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Aircraft Downed By Ground Fire, South Vietnam, 3 December 1969, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Remains repatriated from Terendak Cemetery Malaysia 2 Jun 2106, Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, 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
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Vietnam War Service

11 Mar 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Second Lieutenant, 39510, 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight
11 Mar 1969: Involvement 39510
11 Mar 1969: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 39510, 161 (Independent) Reconnaissance Flight

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Alan Jellie’s helipcopter (Bell 47 Sioux) was shot down during a flight in Phuoc Tuy at 10.30pm 3rd December 1969.

Biography contributed by David Barlow

The remains of Second Lieutenant Alan Douglas Jellie 39510 were repatriated to Australia in June 2016 from Terendak Military Cemetery, Malacca, Malaysia (Church of England - Row D - Grave 17)