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GURSKI, Otto
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 626, Q155612 |
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Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Gympie, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Signalman |
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, SN 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, Gympie, Queensland | |
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24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
25 Apr 1915: | Wounded ANZAC Gallipoli, GSW (left arm) | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 626, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC Gallipoli | |
5 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, SN 626, Australian Army Postal Corps |
World War 2 Service
9 Apr 1942: | Involvement Citizen Military Forces (CMF) / Militia - WW2, Signalman, SN Q155612, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
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9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Citizen Military Forces (CMF) / Militia - WW2, Private, SN Q155612, Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Toowoomba, Queensland | |
9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted | |
21 Mar 1945: | Discharged Citizen Military Forces (CMF) / Militia - WW2, Signalman, SN Q155612, Lines of Communication Units, 1 Lines of Communications Signals | |
21 Mar 1945: | Discharged |
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