Gordon Maxwell DYER

DYER, Gordon Maxwell

Service Numbers: SX22637, S7813
Enlisted: 6 July 1942, Gherang, VIC
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
Born: Port Pirie, SA, 26 March 1922
Home Town: Manna Hill, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Transport worker
Died: Heart failure, Port Pirie, 27 August 2002, aged 80 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Manna Hill & District Roll of Honor
Show Relationships

World War 2 Service

6 Jul 1942: Involvement Trooper, S7813
6 Jul 1942: Involvement Trooper, SX22637
6 Jul 1942: Enlisted Gherang, VIC
6 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22637, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
24 Jun 1946: Discharged
24 Jun 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22637, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
Date unknown: Involvement

Help us honour Gordon Maxwell Dyer's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Keith Harrison

Gordon served in Borneo for a time after serving in Australia. His brother Frank was killed on the Kokoda Track in 1942. Gordon was one of 7 brothers and 2 sisters.

He returned after the war to marry Jean and they had 9 children. The first 4 born in Broken Hill and then 5 more when they moved to Port Pirie, where they spent the rest of their lives.