RAPP, John Robert
| Service Number: | 1201087 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 10 September 1945 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, South Vietnam, 20 March 1968, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, 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
| 16 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1201087, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR) | |
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| 16 Dec 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1201087 |
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1201087 RAPP John Robert 3rd Battalion Royal Autralian Regiment - Killed In Action 20th March 1968 died of gunshot wounds in Phuoc Tuy province.
"Soldier killed, 4 hurt
One Australian soldier was killed and four were wounded in Phuoc Tuy province, South Vietnam, yesterday. Another was accidentally wounded. Private John Robert Rapp, 22, single, of Parramatta, NSW, a member of 3rd Battalion, was killed by enemy fragmentation fire during operation Pinnaroo. Two soldiers wounded in action are Second Lieutenant David Ormond Morgan, 21, single, of Rose Bay, NSW and Private John Ed ward Sanders, 19, single, of Yoeiw Bay, NSW. Both are in a satisfactory condition at the 8th Field Ambulance, Vung Tau..." - from the Canberra Times 22 Mar 1968 (nla.gov.au)
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