Charles Lennon O'GORMAN MID

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O'GORMAN, Charles Lennon

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	9 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Australian Veterinary Corps
Born:	25 January 1880, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Government Veterinary Surgeon
Died:	Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 July 1949, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland Interred on 18 July 1949
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Captain, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
22 May 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, Australian Veterinary Corps
10 Apr 1916:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, For Veterinary Services. Awarded, and promulgated in the London Gazette. 4th Supplement, 29644,11 July 1916; Commonwealth Gazette, 176, 30 November 1916.
17 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Captain, 1st Mobile Veterinary Section
30 Nov 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Major, Australian Veterinary Corps
13 May 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Australian Veterinary Corps, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Lilliam O'Gorman of C/- Stock Department, Sydney, NSW.

When enlisting Charles was employed with the Department of Agriculture, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 10 October 1918 aboard HT Themistocles for travel to America to connect SS Makura at Vancouver then to Sydney where he disembarked on 21 December 1918

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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