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Percival Leslie Dallas GORDON

Regimental number4497
Place of birthMelbourne Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address38 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs S A Gordon, 78 Whitehall Street, Footscray, Victoria
Enlistment date21 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2/7/15
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 15 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 112), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Paulina GORDON, 8 Lyons Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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