Gordon John STRATFORD

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Service Numbers:	102, 102A
Enlisted:	8 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Kilcoy Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

8 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 102, Depot Battalion
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 102, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 102, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
13 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 102, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt. H.M.T. " Bakara"
6 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 102, 31st Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 8th Field Ambulance -- Cough -- Serapeum
9 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 102, 31st Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
13 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 102, 31st Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 8th Field Hospital -- Pneumonia -- Serapeum
9 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company, Reverts to Private
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 102A, 8th Machine Gun Company, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 102A, 8th Machine Gun Company, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 102A, 8th Machine Gun Company, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 102A, 8th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 102A, 8th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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