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Full name | Donald William Dann | |||||||||||
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Born | 12 February 1949 Wynyard, Tasmania | |||||||||||
Died | 31 July 2005 Burnie, Tasmania | (aged 56)|||||||||||
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Donald "Doc" William Dann, OAM [1] (12 February 1949 – 31 July 2005) [2] [3] was an Australian Paralympic athlete and table tennis player. He was born in the Tasmanian town of Wynyard. [3] He lost a leg to a land mine in the Vietnam War, [4] where he served in the 3rd Cavalry Regiment from 3 December 1968 to 2 June 1969. [3] He competed in athletics and table tennis at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics and won a silver medal in the Men's Javelin A4 event at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. [5]
He founded the Tasmanian Amputee Sporting Association, was involved with several charity military and civilian organisations, and was involved with local football. He was awarded life membership of the Burnie sub-branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia in 2002, along with a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2004, due to his strong involvement in the organisation. [1] [6] He died on 31 July 2005, aged 56, in Burnie. [2]