Gordon James ALFORD

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Service Number:	1073
Enlisted:	3 September 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Petersburg, South Australia, Australia (Now Peterborough), 28 December 1892
Home Town:	Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street State School Adelaide
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, At Sea, Off Gallipoli Turkey, 7 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

3 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Son of Matthew and Mary Ann Hepborne Alford Victoria Street, Mile End, South Australia

Wounded, 2 May 1915; admitted to No 3 Field Ambulance, Gaba Tepe, 3 May 1915 (rheumatism); transferred to No 1 Clearing Hospital, 6 May 1915.

Died of wounds at sea on board HT 'Lutzow', 7 May 1915.

Buried at sea.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal