Neville Clarence HEYWOOD

HEYWOOD, Neville Clarence

Service Number: NX127907
Enlisted: 10 August 1942
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Barraba, New South Wales, Australia , 22 January 1922
Home Town: Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Blast and shrapnel injuries - Training Accident, Moora Western Australia, 15 March 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia
Plot N. Row C. Grave 14., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barraba M.U.I.O.O.F. Loyal Prince of Wales Lodge No. 203 Tamworth District WW2 Roll of Honour, Barraba St Laurence's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Barraba War Memorial, Moora Australia Remembers 4th Infantry Battalion Memorial
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World War 2 Service

10 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX127907

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Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

Neville Clarence HEYWOOD (1922-1943)

Neville Heywood had enlisted into the Militia's 4th Infantry Battalion, originally a NSW-based unit.  See Unit history HERE (/explore/units/999)

He was one of fourteen soldiers of the 4th Infantry Battalion killed on 15th March 1943 near the Battalion camp outside of Moora. They were killed when a mortar bomb, being closely examined by the group, exploded, killing all of them.

The funeral took place at Moora Cemetery on 16th March, 1943.  The bodies were transferred to Karrakatta Cemetery after the cessation of the war.

 

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