Eric Stanley GORMAN

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Service Number:	WX10743
Enlisted:	15 January 1941
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Mount Barker, Western Australia, Australia, 8 September 1919
Home Town:	Mount Barker, Plantagenet Shire, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 6 October 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot EE. Row B. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Mount Barker & District Honour Roll WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX10743
15 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX10743, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
4 Jun 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, Australian Army Service Corps, 2/156 General Transport Company

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