ROYAL, Lloyd Noel
Service Number: | 16039 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 27 November 1941 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Cancer, Queensland, Australia, 27 June 2023, aged 81 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
28 Jan 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal, 16039, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Gary Townsend
LCPL Lloyd ‘Snow’ Royal first enlisted in the ARA for 6 years in 1961, after his discharge he re-enlisted in 1968. He deployed to Vietnam, in January 1969, as Genghis Khan’s batman, the position that he served the full tour in. When MAJ GEN Murray Blake, as a LT, joined 3 RAR in 1961 Snow was appointed as his batman. Snow had also served in 2 RAR, 3 RAR, 6 RAR (batman to 2 or 3 COs), 8/9 RAR and 9 RAR as well as other postings. He took his discharge from the ADF, as a LCPL, in November 1996.