NIEUWENHOUT, Anton
Service Number: | 3787048 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
Born: | Rotterdam, Holland, 18 January 1945 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Cancer, Yarrawonga, Victoria, Australia , 23 January 2022, aged 77 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Mulawala Yarrawonga Roll of Honour Post WW2 |
Vietnam War Service
10 May 1966: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 3787048, 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Tony, a National Serviceman, completed his recruit training at 2 RTB, Puckapunyal. On 15 September 1965 he was posted to 5 RAR, Charlie Company, 7 Platoon and received his Corps training with the Battalion. He then joined Bravo Company, 4 Platoon and deployed to South Vietnam on 10 May 1966. During Operation Renmark, Tony was wounded in action while 4 Platoon was involved in a firefight with a group of Viet Cong. He was Medevaced to Australia, arriving on 9 March 1967. - Courtesy of Gary Townsend