Trevor James ATTWOOD

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ATTWOOD, Trevor James

Service Number:	2794278
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 14 February 1948
Home Town:	Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, South Vietnam, South Vietnam, Vietnam, 12 June 1971, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Uralla (New) Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia CofE - AD, Grave 56, Uralla Cemetery, Uralla, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour

Vietnam War Service

10 Sep 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2794278
10 Sep 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 2794278, 1st Australian Reinforcement Unit, Vietnam
8 Oct 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2794278, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR)
8 Oct 1970:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2794278
9 Feb 1971:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2794278
10 Feb 1971:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2794278
10 Feb 1971:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2794278, HQ 1st Australian Task Force, Vietnam

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Biography

Birth: Feb. 14, 1948
Sydney
New South Wales, Australia
Death: Jun. 12, 1971, Vietnam

2794278 Private Trevor James Attwood
HQ 1st Australian Task Force
From Uralla NSW. Died 12 June 1971, in the Phuoc Tuy - Long Khanh Province border area when an APC he was riding on was ambushed during Operation "Overlord" Age 23. 2794278 a National Serviceman from Uralla.Rifleman 3rd Section D&E platoon.Killed in Action in the Phuoc Tuy-Long Khanh Province border area.He was riding in an Armoured Personel Carrier that was ambushed.A box of Claymore mines that was stored on the APC was ignited by a rocket grenade and exploded.

Information from Find a Grave Memorial

National Service Training 1RTB commemced 1 October 1969 at Kapooka, NSW. NOK Mr and Mrs Attwood. Medals AASM / Vietnam Campaign Medal / ADM / ANSM / South Vietnam Star.

Information from NOMINAL ROLL of NASHOS WHO SERVED 1951 to 1972

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