Kenneth Frank MATHIESON

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MATHIESON, Kenneth Frank

Service Number:	37175
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 21 October 1942
Home Town:	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia,, 11 May 1967, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Grave No. 1509, Roman Catholic Lawn ‘S'
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

12 Jan 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175
12 Jan 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
4 Feb 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175
4 Feb 1967:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 37175, 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR)

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Biography

"Australian dies

An Australian soldier died yesterday in the Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, from wounds received during operations in Vietnam, it was announced in Canberra last night. He was Private Kenneth Frank Mathieson, 24, single, of Thomastown, Victoria. Private Mathieson received gunshot wounds to the head and arm while serving with 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, in Phuoc Tuy Province, on March 22. He was evacuated to Australia for medical treatment on April 12." - from the Canberra Times 13 May 1967 (nla.gov.au)

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