SIMPSON, Neil William
| Service Number: | 2788138 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 7 January 1947 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Cancer, Warren Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 17 October 2021, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Vietnam War Service
| 8 Feb 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 2788138, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gary Townsend
LCPL Neil ‘Barney’ Simpson died, in the Warren Hospital, in the early morning of Sunday 17 October. Barney had been suffering from cancer for quite some time.
Barney, a National Serviceman, started his recruit training at 1 RTB in October 1967. He moved to Infantry Centre, but within a short while, as the battalions were short on men, he was transferred to 5 RAR to complete his Corps training with the Battalion. Barney deployed to Vietnam in February 1969, as a member of Tracker Platoon. He served in that position until he returned to Australia in August of that year, at end of his national Service. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend - 5RAR Assoc
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