Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- Vietnam (1962-1975)
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 11/10/1935
- Place of Birth
- Alberton, South Australia
- Address (at enlistment)
- Longstaff Street, Lyneham ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Evelyn Whitehorn (wife), Longstaff Street, Lyeham ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 42013
- Final Rank
- Sergeant
- Final Unit
- 547 Signal Troop, Royal Australian Corps of Signals
Notes
Whitehorn and his family arrived in Canberra in about 1959. He served in Vietnam from 21 October 1969 until 29 October 1970. The image from the AWM was taken when Whitehorn, and other soldiers, took a group of orphans to the Saigon Zoo shortly before his tour ended.
Sources
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
ACT Electoral Rolls 1959 to 1967
AWM Collections FAI/70/0754/VN