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GROWDEN, Graham
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 43781 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) |
| Born: | Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1947 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier and Police Officer |
| Died: | Brain Cancer, Modbury Hospital, South Australia, 27 December 2018, aged 71 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Snowtown Memorial Hospital Vietnam War Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Smiley initially deployed to 1 ARU Vietnam, in June 1966, before joining 5 RAR on 18 June 1966. He served with 5 Section 4 Platoon B Company for the balance of the Battalion’s 1966-67 Tour. He returned with the Battalion for its 1969-70 Tour, again serving with B Company CHQ as a Corporal in Support Section. Later in the tour he was promoted to Platoon Sergeant of 4 Platoon and returned to Australia with the Battalion.
Smiley was a well respected soldier who went on to reach the rank of Major in the Reserves. In later life he served in the South Australian Police.
Courtesy of Garry Townsend
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