Gordon Maxwell DYER

DYER, Gordon Maxwell

    Service Numbers: SX22637, S7813
    Enlisted: 6 July 1942, Gherang, VIC
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
    Born: Port Pirie, SA, 26 March 1922
    Home Town: Manna Hill, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Transport worker
    Died: Heart failure, Port Pirie, 27 August 2002, aged 80 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Manna Hill & District Roll of Honor
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    World War 2 Service

    6 Jul 1942: Involvement Trooper, S7813
    6 Jul 1942: Involvement Trooper, SX22637
    6 Jul 1942: Enlisted Gherang, VIC
    6 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22637, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
    24 Jun 1946: Discharged
    24 Jun 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22637, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by Keith Harrison

    Gordon served in Borneo for a time after serving in Australia. His brother Frank was killed on the Kokoda Track in 1942. Gordon was one of 7 brothers and 2 sisters.

    He returned after the war to marry Jean and they had 9 children. The first 4 born in Broken Hill and then 5 more when they moved to Port Pirie, where they spent the rest of their lives.

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