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HEYWOOD, Neville Clarence
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX127907 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 10 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX127907 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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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