James GORDON

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Service Number:	1090
Enlisted:	21 August 1914
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wolumla New South Wales, 26 January 1895
Home Town:	Tempe, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Australian National Memorial. Part III, Index No. M.R.26., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1090, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1090, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
22 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1090, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded in Action at the Dardanelles. 1st Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade, Unit F, Company 1
8 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1090, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to instep. 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, Unit F, Company 1. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 11th August, next of kin advised 18th August.
1 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1090, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Sergeant Gordon’s Party was digging latrines, according to Percy Smythe’s WW1 Diary (Podcast).
22 Jul 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 1090, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1090 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-22

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