Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Navy
- Conflict
- Vietnam (1962-1975)
- Date of Enlistment
- 24/10/1966
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 10/04/1947
- Place of Birth
- Canberra ACT
- Address (at enlistment)
- Day Street, East Maitland NSW
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Next of Kin
- John Avard (father), Ryde NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- R66764
- Final Rank
- Abel Seaman Fire Control
- Final Unit
- HMAS Sydney
Notes
Avard served on HMAS Anzac, HMAS Vendetta and HMAS Sydney between May 1968 and December 1971 in the Vietnam theatre of war. His mother came from Uriarra and after his parents married they lived in O'Connor.
Description - height 5 feet 9 inches, fair complexion, brown hair, brown eyes
Sources
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans http://www.vietnamroll.gov.au/
The Canberra Times - 27 March 1945
NAA RecordSearch