August
No Known Family This Month
A special Prayer for the brave men of D Company 6 RAR and 1 APC Squadron who made
the supreme sacrifice during the battle of Long Tan Vietnam
18 August 1966
Pte
Aldersea, Richard A.
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 20; Regular Army enlistee
Born: Perth,
WA
Civ: Lube attendant; Married
KIA - Chest
wounds
Commem: Karrakatta Cemetery, WA
Cpl Clements, Peter E
Unit:
1 APC Sqn; Age: 21; Regular Army enlistee
Born: Cunderdin, WA
Single
WIA
- died at hospital
Commem: Moora Cemetery, WA
Pte Drabble, Glenn A
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21; National Serviceman
Born: Brisbane, Q.
Civ: Blinds
installer; Single
KIA - Gunshot wound to head
Commem: Garden of Remembrance,
Q
Buried at: Pinnaroo Cemetery, Q
Pte Gant, Kenneth H
Unit: 6RAR;
Age: 21; National Serviceman
Born: Brisbane, Q
Civ: Butcher; Single
KIA
- Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance, Q
Buried at: Mt Gravatt
Cemetery, Q
Pte Grant, Ernest F
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 20; Regular Army
enlistee
Born: Thurgoona, NSW
Civ: Farm hand; Single
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem:
Albury Cemetery, NSW
Pte Grice, Victor R
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21; National
Serviceman
Born: Ballarat V
Civ: Storeman; Single
KIA
Commem: Garden
of Remembrance, Q
Buried at: Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery, Q
Pte Houston,
James M
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 22; Regular Army enlistee
Born: Wallsend, NSW
Civ:
Station hand; Married
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance,
Q
Buried at: Mt Thompson Crematorium, Q
L/Cpl Jewry, Jack
Unit:
6RAR; Age: 21; National Serviceman
Born: St Mary's NSW
Civ: Apprentice electrician;
Married
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance, NSW
Buried
at: Pine Grove Memorial Park, NSW
Pte Large, Paul A
Unit: 6RAR; Age:
22; National Serviceman
Born: Wellington, NSW
Civ: Manager; Single
KIA
- Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance, NSW
Buried at: Coolah Cemetery,
NSW
Pte McCormack, A F
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21; National Serviceman
Born:
Launceston, Tas
Civ: Clerk; Single
WIA - Died at hospital
Pte McCormack,
Dennis J
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21; National Serviceman
Born: Adelaide, SA
Civ:
Labourer; Single
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance, Q
Buried
at: Pinnaroo Cemetery, Q
Pte Mitchell, Warren D
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21;
National Serviceman
Born: Dalby, Q
Civ: Clerk; Single
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem:
Garden of Remembrance, Q
Buried at: Mt Gravatt Cemetery, Q
Pte Salverton,
Douglas J
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 20; National Serviceman
Born: Brisbane, Q
Civ:
Student; Single
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance, Q
Buried
at: Mt Gravatt Cemetery, Q
2Lt Sharp, Gordon C
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21;
National Serviceman
Born: Tamworth, NSW
Civ: Television cameraman; Single
KIA
- Gunshot wounds
Commem: Garden of Remembrance, NSW
Buried at: Tamworth
Memorial Park, NSW
Pte Thomas, David J
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21; Regular
Army enlistee
Born: Bendigo, V
Civ: Skilled labourer; Single
KIA - Chest
wounds
Commem: Kangaroo Flat Cemetery, V
Pte Topp, Francis B
Unit:
6RAR; Age: 19; Regular Army enlistee
Born: Toowoomba, Q
Single
KIA
Commem:
Helidon Cemetery, Q
Pte Wales, Maxwell R
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 22; Regular
Army enlistee
Born: Goondiwindi, Q
Single
KIA
Commem:
Moree Cemetery, NSW
Pte Whiston, Colin J
Unit: 6RAR; Age: 21; National
Serviceman
Born: Sydney, NSW
Civ: Postman; Single
KIA - Gunshot wounds
Commem:
Garden of Remembrance, V
Buried at: Crib Point Cemetery,
