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GRAY, Oswald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX485 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 October 1939, Clare, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dora Creek, New South Wales, 5 May 1914 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Natural causes (myocardial infarction), Dora Creek, New South Wales, 4 May 1998, aged 83 years |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 18 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX485 | |
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| 18 Oct 1939: | Enlisted SX485, Clare, South Australia | |
| 19 Oct 1939: | Involvement SX485 | |
| 5 May 1940: | Embarked SX485, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 31 Dec 1940: | Involvement 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
| 14 Aug 1942: | Involvement SX485, Milne Bay - Papua New Guinea WW2 | |
| 24 Oct 1942: | Promoted Lieutenant, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Dec 1942: | Wounded Lieutenant, SX485, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua, GSW (lumbar) | |
| 11 Dec 1944: | Discharged Lieutenant, SX485 | |
| 11 Dec 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX485 |
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