BINNS, Gordon
| Service Number: | 712 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 February 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Australian Provost Corps |
| Born: | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, January 1899 |
| Home Town: | Seymour, Mitchell, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Inala Village, Box Hill North, Victoria, Australia, 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne After 25 years ashes sprinkled at St Michael's, North Carlton gardens |
| Memorials: | Seymour School Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 712, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 712, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 712, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 10 Feb 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 9 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Provost Corps | |
| 21 Jun 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 712, Australian Provost Corps |
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From AWM History / Summary
Pte Gordon Binns was born in 1899, and began his compulsory cadet service in March 1913. In February 1917, aged 18, he enlisted in the AIF, becoming number 712 in the 13th reinforcements to 2 Machine Gun Company. After sailing to England on the 'SUEVIC', he was sent in March 1918 to reinforce 6 Infantry Battalion, but almost immediately transferred back to 1 Machine Gun (MG) Battalion, of which 2 MG Company was a part. Binns was wounded in action on 10 August 1918 when his unit was supporting the Australian attack on Lihons, and spent over a month in hospital. Upon release, he was again transferred, this time to the Australian Provost Corps, where he served out the remainder of the war. Gordon Binns returned to Australia in 1919. Binns returned to Australia in 1919 and made a career in banking. During the Second World War he was manager of the Cobram (Victoria) branch of the State Savings Bank, where he encouraged customers to purchase War Savings Certificates. Gordon Binns died in 1976. He died in 1976.
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