Lloyd Robert GUNTER

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GUNTER, Lloyd Robert

Service Number:	S11519
Enlisted:	15 October 1940, Kensington, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Crystal Brook, South Australia, 22 December 1919
Home Town:	Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Kapunda Primary School, South Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Glenelg, South Australia, 30 April 2004, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

15 Oct 1940:	Involvement Corporal, S11519
15 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Kensington, SA
15 Oct 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, S11519
4 Feb 1947:	Discharged
4 Feb 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, S11519

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Corporal Lloyd Robert Gunter (Service No:S11519) enlisted in the ACMF on 15 October 1940 as a Gunner attached to 50 Field Battery. On 26 February 1942 - graded Clerk - he was promoted to Corporal and attached to District Accounts Office SA. On 4 February 1947, Corporal Gunter was attached to 48 Australian Field Battery at Discharge.

Lloyd was born at Crystal Brook, South Australia in 1919, youngest of ten children of Samuel (Sam) Gunter (b1862 in Blinman, South Australia) and Emmaline Annie Gill (b1881 in Blinman, South Australia). Sam worked as a Farm Hand at Gill's Farm via Blinman and in the Wallaroo Mines before he and Emmaline married in 1902 in Blinman. The couple lived in Blinman, Port Augusta, Mt Bryan, Crystal Brook and Kapunda. Sam worked as Chief Assistant to the Foreman at the Wallaroo Smelting Works, as a Mason and as a Builder and Contractor (Sam Gunter & Sons).

Lloyd was working as a Salesman in Glenelg in 1940 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1942 in Adelaide he married Sheila Audrey May Thomas (b1917 in Glenelg, South Australia). Following his Discharge from the Army, Lloyd and Sheila settled in Adelaide (Glenelg and Glengowrie) where they raised their family. Sheila died in 1996 and Lloyd died in 2004.

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