GALL, Gordon Ellis
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 9th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Nottingham, England, 12 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mansfield Grammar School; St Cuthbert's College, Nottingham, England |
| Occupation: | Register of Dioceses of Brisbane |
| Died: | St Martins Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 22 February 1947, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 9th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement 9th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked 9th Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
MR. GORDON GALL
DEAD AT 65
Mr. Gordon Ellis Gall, 65, former Registrar of the Anglican Archidiocese of Brisbane, died in St. Martin's Hospital on Sunday after noon after 15 weeks' illness. Mr. Gall had been registrar for 34 years before his retirement, at the end of last year through illhealth. Born at Eastwood, Notts, England, he came to Australia in 1896, and served as a jackeroo and overseer on pastoral properties in the Richmond district. Later he entered a Charters Towers stockbroking firm. In 1907 he came to Brisbane, and three years later was appointed Diocesan Registrar. He served in the Field Artillery during the First World war, and was three times wounded. His wife died two years ago, leaving no family. A brother, Mr. C. G. Gall, formerly of Mount Ennis- killen Station, Blackall, is living in Brisbane.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Age at embarkation 35
Next of kin
Wife, Mrs K M Gall, c/o Mrs L Corrie, 18 Bowen Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment date 21 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 22 January 1915
Place of enlistment Brisbane, Queensland.
Rank on enlistment 2nd Lieutenant
9th Field Artillery Brigade, 8th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 10 February 1917
Unit from Nominal Roll 5th Division Artillery
Lieutenant Promotion date: 1 August 1917.
Commenced return to Australia, 18 February 1918; disembarked Sydney, 15 April 1918, for onward travel to Brisbane; appointment terminated (discharged), Brisbane, 25 May 1918.
His brother, William Goldie Gall fell in France 16th August 1918
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