Gordon William UPTON

Gordon William UPTON Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	2957
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Essex, England, 14 November 1890
Home Town:	Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fireman
Memorials:

28 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2957, 7th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
28 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2957, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle
30 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2957, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2957, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle

Help us honour Gordon William Upton's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Husband of Maude Frances Upton nee Evans of Fitzgerald Street, North Perth, WA. Gordon and Maude married in Perth, WA, during 1915c.

7 June 1915 - enlisted at Kalgoorlie with the 5th Pioneer Battalion and with the rank of Private.

29 April 1919 - promoted to Corporal

30 October 1919 - promoted to Sergeant

Commenced return to Australia on 5 March 1919 aboard HT Nevasa disembarking on 13 April 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

31 May 1919 - discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to rheumatism and incontinence.