Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

Vietnam (1962-1975)

Date of Enlistment

29/01/1969

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

11/09/1948

Place of Birth

Hughenden, Queensland

Address (at enlistment)

De Burgh Street, Lyneham ACT

Occupation

Soldier

Next of Kin

Son of Ft. Lt. Jack Stevens and Eunice Stevens of 106 De Burgh Street, Lyneham and brother of Larry, Roderick and Kristina Stevens.

Burial Place

Woden Cemetery, RSL Lawn X - Grave 214

Service Number

313122

Final Rank

Private

Final Unit

5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment

Died accidentally, South Vietnam, on 23 January 1970

AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 5, Canberra ACT

Stevens left for Vietnam with 1 Australian Reinforcement Unit on 10 September 1969 and joined the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment on 8 October 1969. He died from an accidentally received gunshot wound to the head at 7.30pm on 23 January 1970 in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam and is buried in grave 214, ex-services section of Woden Cemetery.

Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/
AWM Roll of Honour Database
Canberra Public Cemeteries http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au/cem_gravesearch.asp
The Canberra Times - 26 January 1970, 6 February 1970
'500 Australians who died in Vietnam', The Australian, 18 August 1988