GORMAN, Daniel William
| Service Number: | 4595 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 October 1915, Enlisted Holdsworth NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tipperary, Ireland, 27 March 1878 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Died: | Accident, fell from timber stack, At Messrs A.C. Saxton & Sons Sawmillers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 29 December 1927, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4595, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Holdsworth NSW | |
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| 29 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4595, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 29 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4595, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4595, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Wounded in action, 3 May 1917 (gun shot wound, buttocks) | |
| 18 Jul 1917: | Promoted Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Wounded in action 9 October 1917 (gun shot wound, right ankle) | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Feb 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, Action: Villiers Bretonneux 4th July 1918 | |
| 8 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 4595, 24th Infantry Battalion, Commenced return to Australia from Devonport on board HT 'Rio Negro', 29 May 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 22 July 1919; discharged, Sydney, 8 September 1919. | |
| 17 Oct 1919: | Honoured Military Medal and bar, Montbrehain |
Daniel William Gorman
By Lloyd Johnson, great grandson of Cpl Gorman MM+Bar, for the Centenary of the Battle of Montrehain, 5th October 2018
Daniel William Gorman (CPL 4594) was born 27 March 1878 at Glen of Aherlow in Country Tipperary Ireland. There is very little know of Daniel apart from being involved with the Republican Army and having to leave Ireland quickly. Its not know how he arrived in Australia or when. One thing that is known is that he was wanted by the British.
He enlisted on the 10 August 1915 and was initially assigned to the 9/20 Bttn at Holsworthy. Due to his original papers being lost, he was re-engaged as a Victorian at Breadmeadows on the 13 October 1915. He embarked on the RUNIC from Sydney on the 20 January 1916 but failed to re-embark when it sailed from Fremantle on 3 Feb 1916. Found 2 days later stowed away on the ULYSES, he returned to Sydney and then Adelaide where he transferred to the 5/31st Rfb. On the 7 March 1916 he missed sailing from Adelaide on the 7th and then again on the 16th when the ANDUSES sailed. Was transferred to the 11/21st at Broadmeadows on the 28 Mar 1916. While awaiting his next ship, he was charged and found guilty of being in town contrary to orders and possessing a false pass. He eventually made it to a ship that managed to keep him on board and eventually joined his unit in Belgium on the 28 September 1916 where he joined ‘A’ Company. Known as the Brewery Company after being based at Brewery Farm in early 1918.
Wounded in action during Second Battle of Bullecourt, 3 May 1917 (gunshot wound, buttocks); admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 4 May 1917; transferred to Ambulance Train, 5 May 1917, and admitted to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 5 May 1917; transferred to 11th Convalescent Depot, Buchy, 11 May 1917; rejoined Bn, 8 August 1917.
Wounded in action (second occasion) during Battle of Broodseinde Ridge, 9 October 1917 (gunshot wound, right ankle), and admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 10 October 1917; transferred to England, 18 October 1917, and admitted to Northampton War Hospital, Duston; discharged on furlough, 13 December 1917, to report to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 27 December 1917.
Marched into Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill on the 21 March 1918 and was promoted to L/Corporal on the 24 April 1918. Re-joined the battalion on 1 May 1918 and was then awarded his first Military Medal on 4 July 1918 at Villers Bretonneux during The Battle of Hamel. He would be promoted to Corporal on the 30 August 2018.
Like many Australian battalions, the 21st could barely muster a company after the 1918 offensive. It was ordered to disband and reinforce its sister battalions. In response, the men of the 21st mutinied on 25 September 1918. By the end of that day, the order was withdrawn.
On the 5 October 1918, during the liberation of Montbrehain, he was awarded his second Military Medal.
Submitted 8 September 2018 by Evan Evans
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