Robert Maclagan GORRIE

GORRIE, Robert Maclagan

    Service Number: SX210
    Enlisted: 20 October 1939
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 2nd/14th Field Regiment
    Born: Eliston, Eyre Perninsula, South Australia, 21 January 1913
    Home Town: Cunnamulla, Paroo, Queensland
    Schooling: Scotch College, Adelaide
    Occupation: Station Overseer
    Died: Killed in Action, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 12 March 1945, aged 32 years
    Cemetery: Rabaul (Bita Paka) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
    Plot E, Row B, Grave 15
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    20 Oct 1939: Enlisted Private, SX210, Army Training Units, Keswick, SA
    20 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX210, 2nd/14th Field Regiment
    12 Mar 1945: Involvement Lieutenant, SX210, 2nd/14th Field Regiment, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, Killed in action - enemy mortar fire, New Britain
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Robert Maclagan GORRIE was born in Eliston, Eyre Peninsula, SA on 21st January 1913

    His parents were Peter GORRIE & Janet Howatson YOUNG who married in Adelaide, SA on 12th April, 1912

    He married Ilma Beatrice Leviny THOMPSON (Known as Judy) in the Presbyterian Church in Castlemaine, Victoria on 2nd November, 1940 - one daughter Alison Janet GORRIE

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