GORDON, Douglas Lambert
| Service Number: | 2028 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915, 4 years as trumpeter in 6th Light Horse |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | 4/5/1978, Armidale and New England Hospital, Armidale, NSW, 4 May 1978, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain, Guyra District Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2028, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 4 years as trumpeter in 6th Light Horse | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 2028, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 2028, 1st Light Horse Regiment, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 26 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Bombardier, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 7 Sep 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 12th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 22 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 2028, 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Bdr Douglas Lambert GORDON
Regimental Number: 2028
Unit Name: 1st Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Grazier
Address: 'Clovelly', Armidale, NSW
Age at Enlistment: 25 years and 6 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 27 July 1915, Armidale, NSW (can supply own horse). Douglas had previously been in 6th Light Horse, 4 years as a trumpeter.
Next of Kin: Father, Lambart Skene Gordon, 'Clovelly', Armidale, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT RMS Osterley, on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Bombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll: 12th Field Artillery Brigade
Campaigns Served: Egypt; France; Belgium
War Service/Promotions: On arrival in Egypt, he was Taken on Strength 1st Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, 1 March 1916. Transferred to Artillery Details, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, on 15 May 1916, where he was a Gunner with 120th Howitzer Battery. He embarked on HMT Corsican, from Alexandria, Egypt, on 28 May 1916, disembarked at Plymouth, Devon, England, 12 June 1916. Next he proceeded overseas to France from Southampton, England, 26 March 1917, where he was Taken on Strength on 29 March 1917, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, and posted to 112th Battery. Detached to 16 O.M.W., France on 11 May 1918, rejoining unit on 16 May 1918. On 4 July 1918, France, he was appointed Acting Bombardier. Detached to 2nd Army Rest Camp, France, on 31 July 1918, rejoining 112th Battery on 18 August 1918. On 27 August 1918 Douglas went to 4th Army Artillery School, and on 5 September 1918 he was promoted to Bombardier. He was on leave from Belgium in England from 26 September 1917 to 13 October 1917, and again to England on 23 November 1918, returning to his unit in France on 15 December 1918. After final leave to Paris from 20 January to 31 January 1919, he was marched out for return to Australia on 30 March 1919, arriving at Southampton on 2 April 1919, and proceeding to No. 3 Group, Codford, Wiltshire, England.
Fate: Returned to Australia per HT Borda, on 11 May 1919, embarking at Devonport, England, and disembarking in Australia on 28 June 1919. He was discharged from 12th F.A.B. on 22 August 1919. He married (1) Lena Mary Frances Winifred Gallop, 3 January 1920, St James' Church of England, Sydney, NSW. They divorced. He married (2) Marjorie Maude Waldron Jenkins/Lister, 9 August 1930, St Stephen’s Presbyterian Church, Sydney, NSW.
Place of Death: 4 May 1978, Armidale and New England Hospital, Armidale, NSW
Place of Cremation: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, North Ryde, NSW
Medals/Citations: British War Medal; Victory Medal
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