GORDON, Yvonne Elsie
| Service Number: | VF395504 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 6 January 1922 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Herd Tester |
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World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VF395504 | |
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| 29 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VF395504 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Yvonne married Ronald Gordon in 1940 prior to him enlisting in the Army. Just two years later her husband was listed as missing in Malaya and her brother, Albert Dowse died in Bonegilla Military Hospital after escaping from Rabaul.
That same year, Yvonne enlisted in the Army and was sent to a motor and driving school. She was posted to 3rd Ambulance Company and worked out of a depot in South Melbourne. She was transferred to Puckapunyal, where she mainly undertook daily trips to Heidelberg and convalescent homes.
After twelve months she was posted back to the Transport Depot in South Melbourne to sort out the records.
Yvonne was later posted to the RAP at Royal Park, which was very busy with troops filing through for discharge. She had heartbreaking memories of those disabled, emancipated men returning as ex-POWs of the Japanese.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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