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Gordon Henry CARRINGTON

Regimental number1323
Place of birthSwan Hill, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDrover
AddressYarrara Station, Germanton, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, Henry Carrington, Yarrara Station, Germanton, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 9), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Annie CARRINGTON, Yarrara Station, Holbrook, New South Wales. Born at Swan Hill, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 121 Pte Douglas CARRINGTON, 11th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 19 May 1917; 6888 Pte John Moody CARRINGTON, 3rd Bn, killed in action, 23 August 1918.

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