Lance Corporal Phillip GoodyPrint Page 
The plaque commemorates Lance Corporal Phillip Goody who died of wounds in May 1970 during the Vietnam War.
Lance Corporal Phillip Raymond Goody was shot by mistake during night ambush operations at 2am 1st May 1970 in Phuoc Tuy when a machine gunner thought he was an enemy soldier. He is buried in the Monto Cemetery.
Location
| Address: | 7 Rutherford Street, Monto & District RSL & Citizens Memorial Club, Monto, 4630 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -24.863743 Long: 151.124272 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 01-May-1970 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 01-May-1970 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Wednesday 25th April, 2007 |
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This plaque, of the Eight Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment is presented to the Monto RSL, to commemorate the memory of local boy, L/Cpl Phillip R. Goody, 11 Pl D Coy, died of wounds, in South Vietnam on 1 May 1970.
This plaque is presented to the RSL, by the men who served in 8RAR with Phil, and his dedicated family, and hope the RSL will hold and display it forever more, so local members and passing visitors may see it, and realise, we soldiers never forget.
Over 50 members of the unit from all over Australia attended on this day, 37 years after that day.
RIP Lest We Forget
Dated the ANZAC DAY, 25 April 2007
