Gordon William STUDDERS

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STUDDERS, Gordon William

Service Number:	Q100548
Enlisted:	22 April 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Coraki, New South Wales, Australia , 28 July 1915
Home Town:	Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Accidental, Kilcoy District Hospital, Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia, 23 September 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Kilcoy Cemetery, Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia Burial reference: - Plot Non-Denominational. Section 19. Grave 15. Personal Inscription: - "HE DID HIS DUTY STAUNCH AND TRUE".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, Q100548
22 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, Q100548, d/d 23/9/1944
22 Apr 1941:	Enlisted
22 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q100548
23 Sep 1944:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Dianne Black

Parents: - Albert Matthew Studders and Mary Elizabeth Langenbaker married 22nd February 1911 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia.

Fate: - Court of Enquiry convened Kelvin Grove, Brisbane ascertain that Private Gordon William Studders died as a result of injuries received by a fall from a horse whilst riding as a jockey in a race, namely "The Hazeldeen Newmarket Event" at the Hazeldeen Race Course, Kilcoy.

Private Gordon William Studders was on leave at the time of the accident, his injuries were brought about by the mare he was riding (Kitty Carrington) striking the 4th furlong post with her left shoulder unseating the jockey and throwing him headling into the ground. He later died at the Kilcoy District Hospital. Medical Certificate states cause of death as massive cerebral haemorrhage, fractured skull and extensive depressed fracture to the left temporal, frontal bone.

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