TRELOAR , Donald Alexander
Service Numbers: | 3787036, 3787036 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
22 Apr 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3787036, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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22 Apr 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3787036 |
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Add my storyBiography 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.