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Gontran DE TOURNOUER

Regimental number109
Place of birthBrittany, France
ReligionProtestant
OccupationBank clerk
AddressGovernment Savings Bank, George Street, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Helen L. de Tournouer, Queensland Government Savings Bank, George Street, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the French Army and in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateReturned to Australia 13 April 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Goutran De Towmouer on NR
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Maurice and Cecille DE TOURNOUER
Discharge date18 July 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Appointed Lance Sergeant while in charge of Records Section, Alexandria.

Promoted Acting Sergeant, 20 July 1915.

Struck off strength, Australian Records Section, and admitted to Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 16 December 1915.Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 29 January 1916 (pyrexia, unknown origin: slight); transferred to Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 5 February 1916; discharged to duty.

Taken on strength, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, Tel el Kebir, 19 April 1916.

Taken on strength, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, and posted to No 4 Section, 21 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 13 June 1916.

Taken on strength, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, and posted to 111th Battery, 8 September 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 19 October 1916 (undescended testicle); transferred to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 23 October 1916; to 7th Convalescent Depot, 24 October 1916; to No 3 Rest Camp, Boulogne, 29 October 1916; to England, 8 November 1916, and admitted to Horton County of Middlesex War Hospital, Epsom (undescended left testicle); transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 12 November 1916; discharged to No 1 Command Depot, 16 December 1916.

Admitted to Brigade Hospital, 10 February 1917 (hernia); discharged to Command Depot, Perham Downs, 21 February 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Barambah', 13 April 1917; disembarked Melbourne, 9 June 1917, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged (medically unfit), Brisbane, 18 July 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death13 July 1929
Age at death43
Place of burialToowong Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland
SourcesNAA: B2455, DE TOURNOUER Gontran

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