Warrant Officer Class 2 Donald Newlands - Airborne Assault Museum

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My father served 24 years in the British Army in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC); he was attached for 9 years to 2 PARA, and served with them in Borneo in 1965. He was immensely proud of his time in the airborne forces and wore his wings with pride

Warrant Officer Class 2 Donald Newlands

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Service History

1954 National Service (Private)
1961 Royal Engineers (Sapper)
1961 The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Corporal)
1971 RAOC - BAOR Rheindahlen (Sergeant)
1974 RAOC - Antwerp (Staff Sergeant)
1975 48 AMF (L) COY RAOC Devizes (Warrant Officer Class 2)
1977 RAOC - BAOR Walsrode (Warrant Officer Class 2)
1980 RAOC - CAD Kineton (Warrant Officer Class 2)

Decorations

General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards) — General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards)

1965

General Service Medal Clasp (1962 onwards)

Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1930 - present)

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