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WATSON, Richard Christopher Allan

Service Number:	39403
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Born:	Manchester, England , 27 October 1947
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Killed in Action, Long Binh, FSB Coral, South Vietnam, 13 May 1968, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Area: Brind Wall / panel: WALL Side: Q Row: Niche number: 87
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, Toogoom Vietnam Memorial, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment

Vietnam War Service

27 Mar 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 39403
Date unknown:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 39403, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam, KIA FSB Coral 1RAR Mortar Platoon

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