Cecil Arthur CORY

CORY, Cecil Arthur

Service Number: QX10138
Enlisted: 21 June 1940, Toowoomba, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
Born: Texas, Queensland, 3 June 1902
Home Town: Texas, Goondiwindi, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Natural causes (ruptured aorta), Cairns, Queensland, 5 May 1986, aged 83 years
Cemetery: Forest View Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland
Forest View Crematorium
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World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10138
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, QX10138, Toowoomba, Queensland
22 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, QX10138
20 May 1941: Wounded Private, QX10138, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, GSW (foot)
18 Dec 1942: Wounded Lance Corporal, QX10138, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua, 2nd occasion - GSW (thigh)
22 Nov 1943: Discharged Lance Corporal, QX10138, Anti Tank Batteries / Companies
22 Nov 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10138

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