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GORDON, Alexander

Service Number:	403
Enlisted:	28 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Christchurch, New Zealand, 1877
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 August 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial A, Grave 90 Headstone Inscription "THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT", 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 403, 13th Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 403, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 403, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
18 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 403, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed in action

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

Enlisted and served as John KINGSLEY