Studley Manston GAHAN

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GAHAN, Studley Manston

Service Number:	VX48379
Enlisted:	16 December 1936, 57th/60th Infantry Battalion
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1913
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Eltham High School & Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bank Officer
Died:	Killed in Action, Libya, 17 May 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eltham War Memorial, Kangaroo Ground Shire of Eltham Tower of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1936:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , VX48379, 57th Infantry Battalion, 57th/60th Infantry Battalion
15 Sep 1937:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant
28 Mar 1940:	Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain
1 Aug 1940:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
17 May 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX48379, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
17 May 1941:	Imprisoned

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Studley Manston GAHAN was born in Ivanhoe, Victoria on 8th December, 1913

His parents were Walter Ernest GAHAN & Alice Miriam ROURKE

He married Kathleen (Kitty) Elsie MITCHELL in the Melbourne Grammar School Chapel on 21st April, 1938

He first enlisted in the Army on 16th December, 1936 and progressed through the ranks to Captain

He was a Prisoner of War and was Killed in Action in Libya on 17th May, 1941 - no known grave

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His brother Neil John GAHAN (SN VX39021) was a Captain in the 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion and also a Prisoner of War - he was discharged on 22nd January, 1946

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