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GELLERT, Gordon Baden
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | V270649, VX140584 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies |
| Born: | Neuapurr, Victoria, Australia, 21 September 1902 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Flat Proprietor |
| Died: | Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 8 June 1974, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria Grave Location: Special Section, Row A, Grave 555. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Private, V270649, 2nd Training Battalion, Enlisted as Private V270649 with the CMF. | |
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| 23 Dec 1941: | Enlisted V270649 | |
| 25 Feb 1943: | Discharged Other Commonwealth Forces, Private, V270649, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies, Discharged/Demobilised from the CMF to Enlist/Transfer to the AIF. | |
| 26 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX140584, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
| 24 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX140584, Australian Employment Company, Embarked Townsville, Queensland Aboard USAT C2 "Charles P. Steinmetz" Bound for Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Disembarked Port Moresby 28th August 1943. | |
| 14 Mar 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX140584, Australian Employment Company, Embarked Port Moresby, New Guinea Aboard "SS Ormiston" Bound for Townsville, Queensland. Disembarked Townsville 17th March 1944. | |
| 30 Apr 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX140584, 25 Australian Works Company, 35th AWC Embarked Townsville, Queensland Aboard "SS Taroona" Bound for Port Moresby, New Guinea. Disembarked Port Moresby 4th May 1944. | |
| 15 Sep 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX140584, 25 Australian Works Company, 35th AWC - Australian Works Company - Embarked Port Moresby Aboard "SS Ormiston" Bound for Townsville, Queensland. Disembarked Townsville 17th September 1944. | |
| 31 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX140584, Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged V270649 |
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