| Full Name |
| Sergeant Alastair John Sherwood Don |
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| Place of Birth |
| Kurow, Otago, New Zealand |
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| Enlistment Address |
| Te Iringa, Kaikohe, New Zealand |
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| Military Awards |
- Cross of Gallantry with Palm (South Vietnam)
- Military Merit Medal (South Vietnam)
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| Last Unit Served |
| Royal New Zealand Artillery 161 Battery |
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| Cemetery Name |
| Terendak Camp, Malacca, Malaysia |
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| Memorial Name |
| Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories |
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| Biographical Notes |
- Alastair Don and Robert White were killed when the front of their vehicle, Romeo 2, 161 Battery was blown up by a Vietcong command detonated mine. Photographs appear in The Vietnam Scrapbook: 'The Second ANZAC Adventure' - Vehicle in which they were killed, p.45 ; Flag- draped casket, p.161.; 161 Bty. saddled up and ready to go about an hour before Al. Don and Jock White were killed, p.197.
- Killed in action - land mine
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| Description of Image |
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories. Vietnam Panels names: Vietnam Names Awatere - Don
- Hall of Memories WW2, Auckland War Memorial Museum, looking East (taken in April 1999).
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| Further References |
- The Vietnam Scrapbook : 'The Second ANZAC Adventure'
- New Zealand Ex-Vietnam Services Association Inc.
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| Additional Information |
| Account of incident appears in The Vietnam Scrapbook : 'The Second Anzac Adventure' p. 53 and a poem ' A Soldier dreams' by Betty Mae Browne written in remembrance of A.J.S Don and R. White appears p. 56. |
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