GORDON, George Acheson
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Newcastle, NSW, 21 May 1874 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Prebyterian Clergyman |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
NEW MODERATOR.
REV. G. A.. GORDON.
Tho Moderator nominate of the Presbyterian Church, after an interval of 36 years, will be successor to his father, the late Rev. T. A.Gordon, in the chair of the General Assembly. The Rev. G. A. Gordon, B.A., was born at Newcastle, and received his secondary education at King's College, Goulburn, where he was dux of the school, 1890. Proceeding to the University in the following year, he entered St. Andrew's College, where he completed his theological course in 1897, having in the meantime taken a degree in Arts, In his final examination ho obtained highest marks in Ethics with 96 per cent., and was proxime access it in theology with 85 per cent.
In the life of the University he took a very active part, and was popular In all departments. He was secretary of the union, treasurer of the athletic club, and in his final year president of the Christian Union. Ha won his college "blue" in cricket, rowing, athletics, and football. Credited with being one of the Influences for good which built up the spirit of his college, he was subsequently. In 1916, elected as a councillor of St. Andrew's.
Ordained in 1897, Mr. Gordon began his ministry at Narrabri-Wee Waa, where, with a parish 130 miles in length and 80 miles in depth, he would travel sometimes 200 miles in a week. In 1900 he was transferred to Mlttagong-Bowral, where a serious accident at the Fitzroy Falls nearly terminated his career, and its consequences constituted a handicap for some years to come. In 1904 he was able to undertake more strenuous work, and was transferred to Richmond. His next sphere was Blackcath-Mount Victoria, from which district in 1910 he was transferred to Petersham, his present charge.
In 1915, commissioned as Chaplain on continuous service, Mr. Gordon embarked with troops, and on arrival in Egypt was appointed to the strength of No. 2 A.G.H. He served with this unit in Egypt and France until, returned invalided, his military service was terminated in March, 1917. Before the war Mr.Gordon was active in matters ecclesiastic, and served as convener of one of the assembly committees, and was a member of many others. Since his return from active service his impaired health has restricted his activities, but as one of the joint committee on union ho shared in the finalising of the basis of union which Is being now submitted to the governing bodies of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational Churches.
Sydney Morning Herald Friday 13 June 1919 page 8
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