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VAN VALEN, Arie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 54320 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) |
| Born: | Dordrecht, Netherlands, 5 May 1944 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Accidental, South Vietnam, 29 June 1965, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Newhaven 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Memorial Plaque, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
| 5 Jun 1965: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 54320, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR) | |
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| 5 Jun 1965: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 54320 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"54320 Private Arie Van Valen, 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment Age 21 from Dordrecht Holland. He was accidentally killed while on loan to the US Army when he and four other infantry troops were fatally wounded in a mine explosion in unit lines on 26th June 1965. He died three days later in 3rd US Field Hospital Saigon." - Find-a-grave (www.findagrave.com)
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