Vale 3787036 DONALD ALEXANDER TRELOAR – 5RAR
30 May 1945 – 5 February 2024
PTE Donald ‘Tubby’ Treloar passed away on Monday 5 February.
Don was a 1st intake National Service man, he did his recruit training at 2 RTB, Puckapunyal. Don was then transferred to 2 RAR to complete his Corps Training. In January 1966 he joined 2 Section, 7 Platoon, 5 RAR, as a rifleman. With 5 RAR he completed training at JTC, Canungra and deployed to Vietnam aboard HMAS Sydney on 22 April 1966. Don continued with 7 Platoon and occasionally operated as the platoon’s signaller. He returned to Australia, with the Battalion, aboard HMAS Sydney on 12 May 1967.
A Funeral Service for Don will be held on Thursday 8 February at 1300 hours at the Kyabram Community Church, Cnr McEwen Rd and Crichton Rd, Kyabram, Victoria.
Regards,
Gary Townsend
5 RARA Membership Officer/Tiger Tales Editor
