DYER, Gordon Maxwell
Service Numbers: | SX22637, S7813 |
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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 |
World War 2 Service
6 Jul 1942: | Involvement Trooper, S7813 | |
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6 Jul 1942: | Involvement Trooper, SX22637 | |
6 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Gherang, VIC | |
6 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX22637, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment | |
24 Jun 1946: | Discharged | |
24 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX22637, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography 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.