Gordon Geoffrey (Jack) STEENSON

STEENSON, Gordon Geoffrey

    Service Number: 2235
    Enlisted: 15 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 4th Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Liverpool, New South Wales, 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, Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Liverpool J H Edmondson VC Memorial Clock
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    World War 1 Service

    15 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2235, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
    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
    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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    Biography

    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

     

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