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GORDON, John
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | SS Mareeba |
| Born: | 1915, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Prison Ship SS Spreewald was sunk, At Sea, 31 January 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Tower Hill Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Merchant Navy, SS Mareeba |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Herbert and Mabel Gordon; husband of Dorell Mary Gordon, of Concord, New South Wales, Australia.
SS MAREEBA
Held / Captured By / Raider
Germans
KORMORAN
2nd Engineer
SS Mareeba sunk 26/6/1941 Died 31/1/1942 when Prison Ship SS Spreewald was sunk Listed on the 2012 Addendum