Gordon Lindsay MCDOWALL

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MCDOWALL, Gordon Lindsay

Service Number:	B3474
Enlisted:	5 February 1942
Last Rank:	Able Seaman
Last Unit:	HMAS Penguin (I),(II) and (III) WW1
Born:	Bundamba, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 30 January 1922
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Teacher Training College Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Trainee Teacher
Died:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1948, aged 26 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

5 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Ordinary Seaman, B3474, HMAS Cerberus (Shore)
5 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3474, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
5 Jan 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, HMAS Kanimbla
6 Mar 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3474, HMAS Penguin (I),(II) and (III) WW1
6 Mar 1946:	Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B3474, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
Date unknown:	Involvement Able Seaman, B3474, HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Gordon was the eldest of three children of Walter (Wally) Lindsay McDowall (born 1904 in Scotland) and Lillian Kitching (born 1903 in Ipswich, QLD). Wally arrived in Brisbane, QLD with his parents in 1910 on board the Orontes. He was a Labourer in Ipswich, QLD in 1921 when he married Lillian. Wally was a keen football player and member of the Booval Swifts Footbal Team. He and Lillian settled in Ipswich where they raised their family and Wally worked as a Labourer.

Gordon enlisted in the RAN in February 1942 and was an Ordinary Seaman (Service No:B3474) on HMAS Brisbane and Kanimbla. He was promoted to Able Seaman in 1943 and was attached to HMAS Penguin when he was Discharged in March 1946. Brother Mervyn John (Sapper, Service Nos:QX60544/Q128068) also served in WWII.

Gordon died in 1948.

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