Vale: 2791471 Neville Thomas RHODES – 5RAR

17 February 1948 – 19 July 2022

PTE Neville Rhodes passed on the morning of Tuesday 19 July, he had been suffering for some time.

Neville, was conscripted in January 1969, started his Recruit Training at 1 RTB Kapooka, he then transferred to 3 TB (Inf Corps Wing) for his infantry training. He joined Infantry Centre (Reo Wing) until deploying to 1 ARU Vietnam (SVN) on 3 September. On 1 October he joined 11 Platoon, D Company, 5 RAR and there served until the Battalion returned to Australia in February 1970. Neville completed his tour of SVN with 8 RAR and RTA’ed in September 1970.

No funeral details are available at this stage.

Regards,

Gary Townsend

5 RARA Membership Officer/Tiger Tales Editor