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GURR, Maurice Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2602 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 March 1915, 8th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, South Australia, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kensington, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 6 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial to the Missing, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Elder Smith & Co Limited WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Millicent War Memorial, Tanunda Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2602, 12th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements | |
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| 26 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2602, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2602, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 6 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2602, 12th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2602 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-06 |
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