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NUM, Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | S10005, SX15214 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 July 1941, 18th Light Horse Machine Gun Regt Jul-Oct 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 8 April 1921 |
| Home Town: | Myrtle Bank, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Rose Park Primary School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Norton Summit, South Australia, 10 July 1996, aged 75 years |
| Cemetery: |
Norton Summit Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Private, S10005, Army Training Units, 18th Light Horse Machine Gun Regt Jul-Oct 1941 | |
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| 17 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Private, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Nov 1942: | Transferred Private, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength at Seymour from Trg Bn. Reverted to Pte | |
| 10 Aug 1943: | Involvement Private, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Disembarked Milne Bay from Cairns | |
| 16 Jul 1945: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, Disembarked Morotai 30 May 1945 Embarked for Borneo | |
| 18 Oct 1945: | Promoted Corporal, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jan 1946: | Discharged Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 23 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX15214, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
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