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Gordon Robin HARPER

Regimental number2180
Place of birthMildura, Victoria
SchoolMildura Agricultural High School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDraper
AddressEleventh Street, Mildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, George A Harper, Eleventh Street, Mildura, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date18 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Light Horse Regiment, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/9/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 9 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 October 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 4), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
32
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Constance HARPER, Langtree Avenue, Mildura, Victoria\

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