Gordon NUM

NUM, Gordon

Service Numbers: S10005, SX15214
Enlisted: 1 July 1941, 18th Light Horse Machine Gun Regt Jul-Oct 1941
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 8 April 1921
Home Town: Myrtle Bank, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Rose Park Primary School, South Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural causes, Norton Summit, South Australia, 10 July 1996, aged 75 years
Cemetery: Norton Summit Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

1 Jul 1941: Enlisted Private, S10005, Army Training Units, 18th Light Horse Machine Gun Regt Jul-Oct 1941
17 Nov 1941: Enlisted Private, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
20 Nov 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
6 Nov 1942: Transferred Private, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength at Seymour from Trg Bn. Reverted to Pte
10 Aug 1943: Involvement Private, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Disembarked Milne Bay from Cairns
16 Jul 1945: Involvement Lance Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, Disembarked Morotai 30 May 1945 Embarked for Borneo
18 Oct 1945: Promoted Corporal, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1946: Discharged Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
23 Jan 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

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