Alan John (Curly) KIRWAN

KIRWAN , Alan John

Service Number: 53498
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
Born: Norseman, Western Australia, 9 October 1939
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Soldier
Died: Western Australia , 10 July 2017, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Vietnam War Service

15 Jun 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 53498, Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), 15 Jun 1966 26 Jan 1967
15 Jun 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 53498
18 Feb 1971: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV)
18 Feb 1971: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lieutenant, 53498

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Curly enlisted as a digger served in the Army from 1958 to 1982.

Some of his postings included:

1 RAR (Malaya 1960)

Airborne platoon (Williamstown 1963)

SASR (3 Squadron SVN 1966)

AATTV (SVN 1971)

8/9RAR (Enoggera 1976)

his final posting was as a Major ( Senior Instructor Admin Wing 1980) at the Land Warfare Centre Canungra