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GORDON, John

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	1 December 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1870
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Kings College
Occupation:	Doctor
Died:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 18 January 1939, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

1 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station
5 Dec 1914:	Involvement Major, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
5 Dec 1914:	Embarked Major, 1st Australian Clearing Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne
1 Jan 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station

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Biography contributed by Vicki Rainbow-Osten

Awarded Companion Order St Michael & St George 1918