Chaplain Leslie Manifold GORRIE

GORRIE, Leslie Manifold

    Service Numbers: 4500, Chaplain
    Enlisted: 25 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Ballarat, Victoria
    Last Rank: Captain (Chaplain 4th Class)
    Last Unit: Australian Army Chaplains' Department
    Born: Camperdown, Victoria, 21 March 1887
    Home Town: Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clergyman
    Died: Natural causes, England, 1955
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: St Johns No 36, Yarrowee No 10, Orion No 53 Lodges, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4500, Place of enlistment - Ballarat, Victoria
    28 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4500, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles from Melbourne on 28th December 1915, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 8th February 1916.
    1 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion
    11 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion
    17 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 58th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Transylvania from Alexandria, Egypt on 17th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 23rd June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force.
    3 Oct 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Field Ambulance
    21 Jan 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 14th Field Ambulance, Shrapnel wound to the hip, causing compound fracture of crest of illum posteriorly. Treated at Reading War Hospital London. Whilst wound healed some disability resulted.
    11 Sep 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 14th Field Ambulance, Embarked for return to Australia and medical discharge on 11th September 1917, disembarking Melbourne on 13th November 1917.
    17 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 14th Field Ambulance, Medically unfit for duty following wounding.
    15 Jun 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Ballarat, Victoria
    19 Jun 1918: Embarked AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Embarked on HMT Field Marshal from Sydney on 19th June 1918, disembarking London, England on 26th August 1918.
    19 Sep 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, posted as Chaplain to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery.
    28 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Resigned to take up position as Chaplain (initially on probation) at the India Office's Bengal (Rangoon) Establishment.

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