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CORY, Cecil Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX10138 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX10138 | |
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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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