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VC1215    Arthur Stanley Gurney

Name   Arthur Stanley Gurney   No.      POSTHUMOUS

VC Issue No.   1215   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Australian Military Forces, 2nd/48th (South Australia) Battalion

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won    Private

Rank End Of Career   Private

Place Of Birth   Dayawn, Murchison Goldfields, Australia

Place Of Death   Tel-el-Eisa, Tripolitania, Eygpt

Buried/Location Ashes   El Alamein War Cemetery, 80 miles west of Alexandria on the coast road, Egypt

Cremated   

Date Buried/Cremated   12 October 1989

Headstone   Headstone (CWGC)     Plot/Grave no.   Plot XVI, Row H, Grave 21

Gazetted    14 September 1942

VC Presented   11 June 1943, Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia

Memorials

P  Headstone, El Alamein War Cemetery, 80 miles west of Alexandria on the coast road, Egypt

Named on Roll of Honour, Area 63, Australia War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

Memorial at Gurney Soldiers Club, Karrakatta Camp, Perth, Australia

Display at Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia

P  Memorial Plaque, Western Australian War Memorial, Kings Park, Perth, WA, Australia

Arthur Gurney Memorial Park, Austin Street, Cue, WA, Australia

Gurney Road, Loxwood, SA, Australia

By The Way…

VC Held By

Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

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BORN    15 December 1908

DIED   22 July 1942   AGE   33

VC Won   22 July 1942    AGE    33

Place VC Won   Tel-el-Eisa, Tripolitania, Eygpt

War/Campaign   Second World War