STEENSON, Gordon Geoffrey
| Service Number: | 2235 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 July 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Plot 1, Row B, Grave 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Liverpool J H Edmondson VC Memorial Clock |
World War 1 Service
| 15 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2235, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 14 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2235, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2235, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2235, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to leg. Evacuated to Mudros on the Greek island of Lemnos. At the No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital. Returned to battlefront on 15th October. | |
| 31 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2235, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2235 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-31 |
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Son of Kate Ada PETTITT (formerly STEENSON), Moorbank, Liverpool, New South Wales and the late John STEENSON was an employee of the Clyde Engineering Works.
7 August 1915 - Wounded in action - gunshot wound leg
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Gordon Geoffrey STEENSON was born at Liverpool about September 1893. He worked for the Railways as a locomotive cleaner.
Steenson enlisted at Liverpool on 18th May 1915 and gave his mother, Ada Steenson living in Liverpool as his next of kin. He was allotted to the 13th Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Wandilla’ at Sydney on 14th June 1915. By 2nd August he was on Gallipoli. He was wounded with a gunshot to his leg five days later and evacuated to Mudros (on the Greek island of Lemnos),. While there at the No. 1 Canadian Stationary Hospital he developed acute gastro-enteritis. On 15th October he returned to the battlefront.
The peninsula was evacuated in December and Steenson reached Alexandria on the ship ‘Tunisian’ on 3rd January 1916. He was Absent Without Leave on 30th April. This cost him three days confined to barracks and a days’ pay,. In May he transferred to the 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion at Serapeum. On 4th June he proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front in France through Alexandria and Marseilles where he passed on 11th June.
Steenson was killed in France on 31st July 1916. He and buried in Gordon’s Dump Cemetery, between Albert and Bapaume, France.
A pension 25/- per fortnight was awarded to his mother Kate Ada Pettit from 28th February 1918.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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