Gordon John POLSON

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Service Number:	TX3887
Enlisted:	16 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Division Salvage Unit
Born:	Burnie, Tasmania, Australia , 15 August 1916
Home Town:	Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), New Guinea, 5 April 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Number ~ Plot F. Row B. Grave 12. Personal Inscription ~ "R.I.P."
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie Other Wars Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, TX3887
16 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3887
26 Jul 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 6th Division Salvage Unit, Accidentally drowned.

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