David John ("Nuggett") GORDON

GORDON, David John

Service Number: NX39421
Enlisted: 23 July 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kyogle, NSW, Australia, 23 January 1917
Home Town: Kyogle, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Kyogle, NSW, Australia, 31 January 1983, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Kyogle Horse Shoe Creek Green Pigeon Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

23 Jul 1941: Enlisted Private, NX39421
23 Jul 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
10 Jul 1942: Involvement Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
1 Oct 1943: Wounded Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, G.S.W. Rt knee.
10 Jun 1945: Involvement Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945
28 Feb 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
28 Feb 1946: Discharged Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement Private, NX39421, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA New Guinea

Nickname "Nuggett" sourced from funeral notice (Ryerson)