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GRAY, Edwin Alfred
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S11930, SX14502 |
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Enlisted: | 21 March 1941, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/6th Cavalry Regiment |
Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia, 8 October 1922 |
Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carriage Maker |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 30 May 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot GG. Row C. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED" |
Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Mar 1941: | Involvement Gunner, S11930 | |
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21 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
21 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S11930 | |
13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX14502 | |
13 Sep 1941: | Involvement Private, SX14502 | |
16 Jul 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/6th Cavalry Regiment | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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