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WILL, Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX8717 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Kapunda, South Australia, 11 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Kapunda, Light, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kapunda District WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
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| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX8717 | |
| 8 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Captured at Bandoeng, Indonesia 8 Mar 42. He was told that War was over on 19 Aug 1945 in Chun Pong. Then trained to Hua Hin on 24 August where repatriation to Australian began. From diaries of Will Gordon. | |
| 3 Jun 1946: | Discharged Corporal, SX8717, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 3 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX8717 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Mr Malcolm Will, son of Gordon Will, has transcribed the WW2 diaries of Gordon which describes his wartime experiences from January 1942 until October 1945. The Majority of this time was spent as a POW in Indonesia and Thailand.
A typed copy of these diaries has been donated to Largs Bay RSL by Mr Malcolm Will.