MARGERY, Gideon Elmore
| Service Numbers: | VX107867 - V320128, VX107867 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Artillery |
| Born: | Barnawartha, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1908 |
| Home Town: | Barnawartha, Indigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1947, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Barnawartha General Cemetery Church of England Section 8, Grave 271 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barnawartha War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX107867 - V320128 | |
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| 21 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX107867 | |
| 28 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, VX107867, Royal Australian Artillery, 52 Australian Composite Australian Artillery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gideon Elmore MARGERY was born on 22nd August, 1908 in Barnawartha, Victoria
His parents were Gideon James MARGERY & Pauline Elizabeth KLINGE
He enlisted on 21st September , 1942 and served as a Gunner in the Royal Australian Artillery - his last unit was 52 Australian Composite Australian Artillery
He returned to Australia and was discharged on 28th January, 1946
Gideon died of Illness on 19th March, 1947 in Wangaratta, Victoria and is buried in the Barnawartha Cemetery in Victoria - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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His brother Benjamin George MARGERY (SN VX31555) also served in WW2 and died on 27th June, 1941
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