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VC1345 Kevin Arthur Wheatley
Name Kevin Arthur Wheatley No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1345 Awards VC
Regiment Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam
Later
Now
Rank VC Won Warrant Officer Class II
Rank End Of Career Warrant Officer Class II
Place Of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Place Of Death
Buried/Location Ashes Lawn Cemetery, Pine Grove Memorial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 26 November 1965
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 13 December 1966
VC Presented 1 April 1967 by the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Casey in Australia to his twelve year son, George and wife, Edna
BORN 13 March 1937
DIED 13 November 1965 AGE 28
VC Won 13 November 1965 AGE 28
Place VC Won Binh Hoa Village, Tra Bong Valley, Vietnam
War/Campaign Vietnam War
Memorials
Headstone, Lawn Cemetery, Pine Grove Memorial Park, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Named on Roll of Honour, Area 4, Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Memorial Plaque, NSW Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, NSW, Australia
Memorial Stone, Mawson Park, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
Kevin Wheatley VC Memorial Wall, Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
P Named on Honours Board, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Surrey
Kevin Wheatley Club, Canungra Jungle Training Centre
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Kevin Wheatley VC Rest Area, Hume Highway, Lake George, NSW, Australia
Wheatley Street, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Wheatley Road, Loxwood, SA, Australia
By The Way…
He was buried 20 November 1965 in Saigon, South Vietnam, body later returned to Australia with funds raised by a group of nine businessmen
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
