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GURSKI, Otto
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 626, Q155612 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Gympie, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | Lines of Communication Units |
| Born: | Tarampa, Queensland, 24 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Clarendon, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Queensland, Australia, 1 January 1975, aged 84 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Forest Hill War Memorial, Laidley Memorial Park Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, Gympie, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (left arm) | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 5 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 626, Australian Army Postal Corps |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1942: | Involvement Signaller, Q155612, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
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| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q155612 | |
| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, Q155612, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Toowoomba, Queensland | |
| 21 Mar 1945: | Discharged Signaller, Q155612, Lines of Communication Units, 1 Lines of Communications Signals | |
| 21 Mar 1945: | Discharged |
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