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LUFF, Neville Francis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 28325 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 3rd Cavalry Regiment |
Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1935 |
Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Died of Illness, Repatriation Hospital Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1971, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
Pinegrove Memorial Park & Crematorium, N.S.W. Mimosa Wall East - Row D - Niche 10 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Tongala Cavalry Memorial Vietnam 1965-1972 |
Service History
Vietnam War Service
27 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 28325 | |
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27 Nov 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 28325, 3rd Cavalry Regiment | |
8 Jul 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 28325 | |
8 Jul 1971: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 28325, 3rd Cavalry Regiment |
Personal Stories
History
28325 Sergeant Neville Francis Luff, A Squadron 3rd Cavalry Regiment Age 36 from Orange NSW. He survived his first tour of Vietnam and returned in July 1971. A week later he was flown to Australia, where he died of illness at the Repatriation Hospital, Concord on 28th December 1971.
Submitted 4 September 2019 by Carrie Henderson