Clifton Ivern GURNEY

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Service Number:	SX5653
Enlisted:	18 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Millicent, South Australia, Australia, 27 September 1917
Home Town:	Millicent, Wattle Range, South Australia
Schooling:	Saint Clair School, Millicent (South Australian School admission date 28th January 1925)
Occupation:	Labourer (Horse Breaker and Stockman)
Died:	Killed in action, New Guinea, 12 September 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot A. Row C. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO GIVE US FREEDOM BY DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Millicent War Memorial

18 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, SX5653, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
18 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX5653, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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