WOODWARD, Neville Alfred
| Service Number: | 29788 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 July 1936 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 15 July 2011, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Pinegrove Memorial Park & Crematorium, N.S.W. Nature Grove, Magnolia Wall, Wall 2, Niche 7 |
| Memorials: |
Vietnam War Service
| 29 Mar 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 29788, Headquarters Australian Forces Vietnam |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Nev was born in Griffith, NSW, on 22 July 1936. He enlisted into the Army in March 1958. After initial Corps training at Ingleburn, NSW, he was posted into 2 RAR as a rifleman, where he would remain until 1965. After a short tour of Vietnam he then transferred to RAASC. During a posting to HQ, 10 Task Force he served a detachment with the US Army’s 1st Division where he was Mentioned In Dispatches (MID) for distinguished service. He was promoted to Sergeant and upon return to Australia he was posted into 186 AD Coy at Holsworthy, NSW, as the Tpt SGT. After a number of postings he was posted on promotion to WO2 into 176 AD Sqn as the SSM. Nev enjoyed this posting as he felt this was one of the hardest working units in the Army, but unfortunately it never received the accolades deserved.
At the completion of his tenure at Penrith, he was posted to the Corps Training Wing, at the RAASC Centre, Puckapunyal, and then one year later he was posted back into the Aerial Delivery world when posted into 177 AD Sqn as the Training Warrant Officer. Neville decided to hang up his greens, and in October 1978 he retired after over 21 years of loyal and dedicated service.
He passed away on 15 July 2011.
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