GOURLEY, David James
| Service Number: | QX23482 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment |
| Born: | Dalby, Queensland Australia, 22 November 1916 |
| Home Town: | Jandowae, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Jandowae,Queensland Australia, 23 August 1948, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 Sep 1941: | Involvement QX23482 | |
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| 17 Sep 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 17 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX23482, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment | |
| 23 Nov 1944: | Discharged | |
| 23 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX23482, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
The fifth of eight children, David was born in 1916 in Moola nr Dalby, QLD. Charles Frederick Gourley (b1878 in Craigieburn, Victoria) was a Selector at Moola in 1908 when he married Mary Ashworth (b1888 in Orbost, Victoria). Charles and Mary settled in Moola nr Dalby where they raised their family. In the early 1940s Charles and Mary moved to Maryborough, QLD where Charles worked as a Labourer.
David was working as a Labourer in Jandowae, Dalby QLD in 1941 when he enlisted in the Australian Army (Trooper; Service No:QX23482). He was attached to 2/5 Armoured Regiment when he was Discharged in November 1944.
Returning to Jandowie, David was working as a Labourer when he died in 1948.