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GORRIE, James Wishart
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 29278 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, 5 April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Pneumonia, France, 29 October 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave S. II. K. 22 INSCRIPTION A SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 29278, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 29278, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 29 Oct 1918: | Involvement Driver, 29278, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 29278 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-10-29 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Commemorated on the Gorrie family headstone in St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Churchyard, Dalkeith, Scotland.
He was 30 and the son of the late George Hutton Gorrie and Mary Jane Gorrie [nee Keith]
His brother served with British forces and also fell; he was Second Lieutenant Alexander Keith Gorrie, died 26/04/1916, aged 32-11th Bn. Highland Light Infantry. TANCREZ FARM CEMETERY-Belgium-Grave I. E. 5.
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