GORDON, James
| Other Name: | GORDON, Jack - True Name |
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| Service Number: | 1403 |
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1) |
| Born: | Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 18 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Ilfracombe, Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1940, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Longreach Cemetery, Qld Section 4 Row 16 Grave P1151 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1403, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1403, 5th Light Horse Regiment (WW1), HMAT Mashobra, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George J GORDON and May Geraldine GORDON nee WELSBY
The death occurred at Ilfracombe on Monday, 2nd July of Mr. Jack ("Digger") Gordon, a well 'known resident of Western Queensland. He has lived in the West all his life and was born at Hughenden 49 years ago. He enlisted in the World War, 1914 18 and saw four years and 194 days service with the 5th Division ammunition column. Following the armistice he married Jessie Evelyn Swan Ferguson, with whom he returned to Longreach in 1919.
He is survived by his wife and four children, John, Cherie, Kenneth and Barbara.
The internment was in the Church of England Cemetery, Longreach, following a service in St. Andrew's Parish Church. The services in the church and at the graveside was conducted by the Rector (Rev. A. G. Reilly). Members of the Longreach sub-branch, R.S.S.I.L.A. acted as pall bearers.