Gordon Peter CAMERON

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CAMERON, Gordon Peter

Service Number:	88
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1891
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	West Brunswick State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Tram Conductor
Died:	Killed in Action, Steel's Post, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 12 July 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row C, Grave 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Coburg Moreland State School No 2837 Honour Roll, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 88, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 88, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 88, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
14 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
12 Jul 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 88, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 88 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-07-12

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Foster son of William Henry Pegg of 24 Passfield Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Gordon was adopted by William and his wife as a young child from the Neglected Childrens Department, Melbourne. He was an illegitiment child of a Miss Cameron and the name of his father is unknown

Also served in the school cadets

Killed while taking part with a voluntary party of ten men on a German Officers' Trench, near Steele's Post. 8 were killed and 2 were wounded

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