AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Shortis, Gregory

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Shortis ​

• FORENAME

Gregory ​

• UNIT

M Special Unit (Infantry) ​

• RANK

Trooper ​

• NUMBER

NX69784 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

25th March 1944 ​

• AGE

27 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lae War Cemetery,Papua New Guinea H.A.16 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born Marrickville,New South Wales​

son of John and Elsie Mary Shortis,Dulwich Hill,New South Wales​

clerk in civilian life​

enlisted 17.3.1941 Paddington,New South Wales​

1 Independent Company (4 Section)​

2/3 Independent Company​

M Special Unit​

award Mention in Despatches (posthumous)​

killed Hollandia ​