Christopher O'GORMAN

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Service Number:	470
Enlisted:	8 February 1915, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Limerick, Ireland, 1882
Home Town:	Gympie, Queensland
Schooling:	St. Vincent de Paul's School, Ireland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 470, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Gympie, QLD
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 470, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 470, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Son of John O'Gorman and Susan O'Gorman of Francis St., Limerick, Ireland.

Prior to coming to Australia Christopher had served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal