WARD, George Richard
Service Number: | 2789755 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1947 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia, 16 August 2019, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2789755, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) | |
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8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2789755 |
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George Ward died in hospital mid-morning on Friday 16 August, he had been in care for the last couple of years suffering from Alzheimer's.
George deployed to South Vietnam for the full term of the Battalion’s 1969-70 tour of duty. He served with 6 Section 5 Platoon B Company operating as the section’s tail-end Charlie for most of the time. George was well liked by his mates and considered a ‘good guy’. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend