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GOURLAY, Alan John Elliston

Service Numbers:	4458, 18, VX104362, VX104362
Enlisted:	15 March 1915
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Lines of Communication Units
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 22 June 1894
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Wesley Collage
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1987, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Armadale St. Albans Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4458, 24th Infantry Battalion
22 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18, 24th Infantry Battalion
8 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 4458, 24th Machine Gun Company
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 4458, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
16 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Field Company Engineers
22 May 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4458

World War 2 Service

22 Sep 1942:	Enlisted VX104362
24 Jan 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, VX104362 , Lines of Communication Units

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