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Kenneth Douglas GORDON

Regimental number1144
Place of birthPort Pirie South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressPartridge Street, Glenelg, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Gordon, Partridge Street, Glenelg, South Australia
Enlistment date26 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Themistocles on 7 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of burialLone Pine Cemetery (Plot L, Row II), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Mary GORDON. Native of Port Pirie, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1057 Staff Sergeant James Leslie GORDON, 4th Field Ambulance, killed in action, 24 July 1915; [966] 2nd Lt Alan Forbes GORDON, 43rd Bn, returned to Australia, 7 February 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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