GURNEY, Louis Hudson
| Service Numbers: | N4265, NX131761 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 24 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 2010, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hay Lawn Cemetery, New South Wales The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N4265, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Sep 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N4265 | |
| 22 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX131761 | |
| 7 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX131761 |
Help us honour Louis Hudson Gurney's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Louis Hudson Gurney (Service Nos:N4265/NX131761) initially served in the ACMF as a Private with 6th Light Horse Regiment/6th Australian Motor Regiment (1 October 1941 - 4 September 1942), enlisting in the AIF on 22 September 1942 with Australian Armoured Car Regiment. He was attached to 2/4 Australian Base Workshops AEME at Discharge on 1 February 1945. Siblings Bill, Bernie and Laurie also served in WWII.
Fourth of six children (and youngest of four sons), Lou was born in Cowra, NSW in 1922 to William Gurney (b1889 in Boorowa, NSW) and Edith Anne Cooke (b1895 in Nelligen, NSW). William (a Shearer) and Edith married in 1914 in Cowra NSW, and settled in Mandurama via Cowra where they raised their family and William worked as a Shearing Contractor.
Lou was working in Mandurama as a Railway Porter in 1941 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1943 in Penrith NSW he married Marie Patricia Coyle (b1921 in Penrith, NSW). Following his Discharge in 1945, Lou and Marie lived in Sydney - where Lou worked as a Labourer - before settling in Mandurama in the late 1940s. Lou worked as a Labourer and Builder in Mandurama, and then Hay - serving as Alderman on the Murrimbidgee County Council and appointed as Director to the Board of Hay Hospital. Marie died in 2008 and Lou in 2010.
Click images to start slideshow.