John Michael SLATTERY

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SLATTERY, John Michael

Service Number:	2787079
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Born:	Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1946
Home Town:	Lockhart, Lockhart, New South Wales
Schooling:	Christian Brothers High School Wagga Wagga
Occupation:	Wool Classer
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 8 October 1968, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis), Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial

Vietnam War Service

27 Mar 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787079, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
27 Mar 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2787079

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Bryan Vincent and Edna Mary SLATTERY

Private John Michael Slattery, of Sydney New South Wales, worked as a wool classer and public servant until he was called up on 19 April 1967. John Served with 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR).

Private John Michael Slattery was fatally wounded in action on 8 October 1968 - 23km north of Nui Dat. He was 22 years old.

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