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PIKE, Gordon Leslie

Service Numbers:	2761, S68356
Enlisted:	2 August 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Murray Bridge, South Australia, 23 June 1895
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Murray Bridge School, South Australia
Occupation:	Public Servant
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 18 March 1972, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor, Murray Bridge Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 2761
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2761, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2761, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Corporal, 2761, 10th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

1 Apr 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, S68356, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
1 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
1 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, S68356
25 Nov 1945:	Discharged

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