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RIDING, Gordon
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX426 |
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Enlisted: | 20 October 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Artillery Regiment |
Born: | Payneham, South Australia, 30 August 1918 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Brighton Glenelg District WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
20 Oct 1939: | Involvement Private, SX426 | |
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20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Gunner, SX426, 2nd/3rd Artillery Regiment , Keswick, SA | |
20 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX426 | |
4 Sep 1945: | Discharged | |
4 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX426 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Gunner Gordon Riding enlisted in 1939 and served in Libya and Greece, and was taken prisoner bythe Germans in Crete in 1941.