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GUMMOW, George Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX10219 |
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Enlisted: | 9 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 23 March 1906 |
Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Saloon Barman |
Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 12 November 1965, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia PLOT: RSL, Wall 134 Niche C011 Walls |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Blyth District Council WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
9 Sep 1940: | Involvement Sergeant, SX10219 | |
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9 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
9 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX10219 | |
27 Apr 1942: | Imprisoned Reported missing, confirmed as PoW by Japan Radio on 15 March 1943, recovered from Thailand 4 October 1945. | |
10 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX10219, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Noni Brown
George was half brother to my mother. They shared the same mother.