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GORRIE, Arthur Dingwall
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | QX55301, Q146098 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1992, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jul 1943: | Involvement Staff Sergeant , QX55301, also Q146098 | |
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| 21 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, QX55301 | |
| 21 Jul 1946: | Involvement Staff Sergeant , Q146098, also QX55301 | |
| 25 Sep 1946: | Discharged | |
| 25 Sep 1946: | Discharged Staff Sergeant, QX55301 | |
| 25 Sep 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Staff Sergeant, QX55301 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Awarded the OAM in June 1992.
Arthur Gorrie was posthumously honoured by having the newly built correctional centre at Wacol, Queensland named in his honour on 18 Dec 1992. Arthur had introduced “Toastmasters” into Queensland prisons.
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