GATER, John Leslie
| Service Number: | 6336 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1916, Armidale, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dorrigo, New South Wales, 13 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Dorrigo, Bellingen, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Bellingen, New South Wales, 30 May 1947, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6336, Armidale, New South Wales | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6336, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6336, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6336, 20th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW (right hand) | |
| 18 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6336, 20th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"OBITUARY MR. JOHN LESLIE GATER
With the passing from our midst on May 30 last, of Mr. John Leslie Gater, the Dorrigo loses another of its early pioneers; one who did much to blaze the trail and lay the foundations for the success and progress of the Dorrigo as we know it to-day. The late Mr. Gater was born near Berrima on October 13th, 1888, and came to Dorrigo in 1898. On August 12th, 1916, he was married to Miss I. M. Kemp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kemp, then residents of Dorrigo; the wedding being celebrated at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. Peake, of "Peakhurst".
With the outbreak of World War I, deceased answered the call to arms and embarked for overseas with the 20th Battalion early in November, 1916. He was twice wounded in the fighting in France, and received his discharge in 1919. On his return to Dorrigo he took up dairy farming and followed this pursuit until 1946. A widow and four children — Mrs. J. Short, Mrs. A. Collins, Robert and Terrence Gater — survive." - from the Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate 11 Jul 1947 (nla.gov.au) (nla.gov.au)
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