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William Samuel GORICK

Regimental number6753
Place of birthBrisbane Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineering blacksmith
AddressRoseberry Road, Guildford, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs I Gorick, Guildford Road, Guildford, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 22nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Port Nicholson on 8 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row F, Grave No. 7), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
36
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Agnes GORICK; husband of Isabel GORICK, "Myrtleville", Hutchinson Street, Auburn, New South Wales. Native of Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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