Gurney, Arthur Stanley (Private, VC, 2/48th Battalion AIF b.1908 - d.1942)

Place Africa: North Africa, Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), El Alamein Area, Tel el Eisa
Accession Number PR86/038
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 ITEMS
Object type Book, Document
Maker Gurney, Arthur Stanley
Date made 1942
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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NEW TESTAMENT AND INVENTORY OF EFFECTS AT TIME OF DEATH. PTE GURNEY DIED AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS RECEIVED DURING THE ATTACK ON TEL EL EISA ON 22 JULY 1942. HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE VC FOR THIS ACTION