Donald Alexander (Tubby) TRELOAR

TRELOAR , Donald Alexander

Service Numbers: 3787036, 3787036
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
Born: Colac, Victoria, Australia , 30 May 1945
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: 5 February 2024, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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Vietnam War Service

22 Apr 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3787036, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR)
22 Apr 1966: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3787036

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Biography contributed by Gary Townsend

Don was a 1st intake National Service man, he did his recruit training at 2 RTB, Puckapunyal. Don was then transferred to 2 RAR to complete his Corps Training. In January 1966 he joined 2 Section, 7 Platoon, 5 RAR, as a rifleman. With 5 RAR he completed training at JTC, Canungra and deployed to Vietnam aboard HMAS Sydney on 22 April 1966. Don continued with 7 Platoon and occasionally operated as the platoon’s signaller. He returned to Australia, with the Battalion, aboard HMAS Sydney on 12 May 1967.

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