John Short's Family History.

Military/Police/Community Service

The following members of my family have served in the Armed Forces or Police Services.

Please contact me - jpshort@ozemail.com.au - if you can add to my information.

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Name Rank, Service No. & Dates Awards Unit Notes
DANGERFIELD, Cecil Albert

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Private

Q103454

21.06.1941 - 01.04.1946

  25 Battalion WW2. Served in Bougainville and PNG, Torokina, Fauro Island.
DANGERFIELD, Edward William

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Private

QX16608

22.01.1941 - 21.11.1945

 

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2/26 Battalion, 8th Division, AIF

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WW2. POW  (A Force)  15.02.1942 - 20.08.1945 in Singapore/Malaya, Taigan..
DANGERFIELD, Merven Maxwell

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Lance Corporal

QX5934

07.06.1940 - 02.11.1945

  A Company, 2/15 Battalion, 9th Division, AIF

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Served in North Africa - "Rat of Tobruk"; Morotai; North Borneo.
DE BERG, Ronald John

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Private

QX40572

08.04.1942 - 11.06.1946

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31/51 Battalion WW2. Served in Bougainville and Rabaul.
GOUGH, David Private

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  3rd Battalion, RAR

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KIA - 24/4/1951 - Battle of Kapyong, Korea
GOUGH, George Andrew     ANGAU Force - Papua New Guinea. WW2  
HANNAM, Stephen Lawrence

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Captain

QX6472

28.11.1940 - 28.11.1945

  2/26 Battalion, 8th Battalion, AIF

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WW2. POW in Singapore/Malaya.
O'DONNELL, Edward Private

1712

10.01.1916 - 20.08.1919

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47th Battalion; 49th Battalion WW1 - served in France.

Wounded:- (1) Shot in face and right thigh - 18.08.1916 - France; (2) Shot in right foot - 15.06.1918 - France

 

O'DONNELL, George Private

1713

10.01.1916 - 06.04.1918

 

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47th Battalion; 69th Battalion WW1 - served in France.

Wounded:- Shot in left hand - 17.06.1917 - Messines.

SHORT, Isobel Mary

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Sergeant (Cipher Assistant)

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19.05.1942 - 21.01.1946

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SHORT, John Herbert Private/ Sapper

4890

17.07.1915 - 19.08.1919

 

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2yrs. 6th Light Horse prior to enlistment

45th Battalion; 61st Battalion; 13th Field Company Engineers

WW1 - served in France.

Wounded - (1) 06.08.1916 - shot in throat - Boulouge; (2) 28.09.1917 - shot in left leg - Rouen

SHORT, John Patrick

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Sergeant

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09.07.1963 - 08.08.1967

  Q Battery, 5th Field Regiment, RAA

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CMF.

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SHORT, Winifred Olga

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Captain

QFX6282

25.06.1940- 07.02.1946

  2/5 Australian General Hospital

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WW2.
SKIPPEN, Austin Roland

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      WW2
SUTHERLAND, Kenneth Ian Private

Q134119

28.07.1942 - 24.02.1945

  13 Aust. Pers. Staging Company WW2. Militia.
TAME, Albert Edmond

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Farrier Sergeant

3618

  3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen Boer War, South Africa
TAME, Henry

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Squadron Quarter Master, Sergeant

3616

  B Squadron, 3rd NSW Imperial  Bushmen Died 23/03/1902, Middleburg, South Africa. Boer War
TAME, Herbert Blondin

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Farrier Sergeant

3692

  B Squadron, 3rd NSW Imperial  Bushmen Died 20/01/1902 (?07/02/1902), Standerton, South Africa.  Boer War
TAME, Walter Charles

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Trooper

3617

  B Squadron, 3rd NSW Imperial Bushmen Died 20/10/1901, Johannesburg (?Standerton), South Africa.  Boer War
WOOLNOUGH, Graham Lt.Colonel     Served in Somalia - 1993

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     1939/45 Star               Pacific Star 1939/45        War Medal 1939/45         Australian Service         War Medal 1914/20                                                                                                                                  Medal 1939/45

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WW1 Victory Medal

Police

Name Serial No. Rank Unit Notes
GOUGH, George Andrew     PNG Police Superintendent Koki Jail and Bomana Prison
GOUGH, Patrick Joseph     Queensland Police  
GOUGH, Thomas Patrick     PNG Police Served in Port Moresby, PNG
MORRIS, John   Detective Queensland Police Served in Manly, Ipswich, Gatton, Toowoomba.

Community

Name Award Citation
HAYES, Harold Clemeth British Empire Medal - 1966 Outstanding service to New South Wales through work with the Forestry Commission.
SHORT, Edgar Harry

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Coronation Medal - 1953

Order of British Empire - 1957

Service to the Australian tobacco industry and to the establishment of the Mareeba-Dimbulah Irrigation Project.

 

 

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