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GORDON, Hugh Garfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 893 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 December 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bung Bong, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Moores Flat SS, Maryborough Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer and storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wareek Bung Bong District Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 7 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 893, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: '' | |
| 7 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 893, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 893, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 893 awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 893, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, The Nek |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Cpl 893 Hugh Garfield Gordon arrived at Gallipoli on 5 August 1915. Just two days later he was killed in action durign the ill-fated charge at The Nek.
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