GORDON, Lionel Harrison Rankon
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Division Artillery |
| Born: | Hammond, South Australia, 31 August 1885 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | War related, Repatriation Hospital, Keswick, South Australia, 9 May 1946, aged 60 years |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia PLOT South Path 7 West - 813 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Burra District WW1 Honor Roll, Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 26 Apr 1916: | Involvement 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Apr 1916: | Embarked 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide | |
| 28 Sep 1918: | Honoured Military Cross, 'For conspicuous gallanry and devotion to duty at Bellicourt, on 28th-29th September, 1918; he, in conjunction with another officer, acted as F.O.O. He maintained practically uninterrupted communications throughout his group head-quarters, and in the course of the operation obtained and transmitted information of the greatest value and importance, not only to the artillery, but to the infantry as well.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No 75 Date: 17 June 1919 | |
| 16 Mar 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Division Artillery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Cree
Lionel Harrison Rankine was born on 31 Aug 1885 in Hammond, South Australia. He is the son of George Carlile Gordon and Amy Susannah Howe. [1]
Lionel married Elizabeth Mary Shannon 30 Sep 1913 at the Congregation Church, Sedan, South Australia. [2] Elizabeth passed away age 26 on 4 Nov 1914 in Tungkillo, South Australia. [3]
Lionel was 30 years of age (widower with no children) when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 20 Sep 1915. He embarked on HMAT Botanist A59 from Adelaide on 26 Apr 1916 as part of the 16th reinforcement of the 3rd Light Horse Regiment. He served in the 3rd Light Horse and the 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade.
In June 1919 Lionel was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty at Bellicourt, on 28-29th Sept 1918. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Lionel married Margaret Jenkins on 10 Jul 1919 at the Parish Church of Llansamlese, Glamorganshire, Wales. [8]
Lionel passed away age 60 on 9 May 1946 in Keswick, South Australia [9] and was buried in North Road Cemetery in Nailsworth, South Australia. [10]
GORDON. On May 9, at Repatriation Hospital, Keswick, Lionel H. R. Gordon, M.C. (late Capt. Ist A.I.F.) of 98 1st Avenue, St. Peters, beloved husband of the late Margaret Gordon.[11]
GORDON. On May 9, at Repatriation Hospital, Keswick, Lionel H. R. Gordon, M.C. (late Capt. Ist AIF. and Education Department), of 98 First avenue, St. Peters, and beloved brother of Lillian, Syd, Colin and Will. Aged 60 years. [11]
Sources
↑ South Australia Birth Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 Jul 2022) database entry for Lionel Harrison Rankine Gordon (Birth date 31 Aug 1885, Father George Carlile Gordon, Mother Amy Susannah Howe, Birth residence Hammond) Reference: District Frome, Book/Page 358/339
↑ South Australia Marriage Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 Jul 2022) database entry for Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon (age 28, marital status S, father George Carlyle Gordon) and Elizabeth Mary Shannon (age 25, marital status S, father David Shannon) 30 Sep 1913, Congregational Church Sedan. Reference: District Angaston, Book/Page 256/943
↑ South Australia Death Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 Jul 2022) database entry for Elizabeth Mary Gordon (Death date 4 Nov 1914, age 26, marital status M, place of death Tungkillo, residence Tungkillo, relative Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon [H]) Reference: District Talunga, Book/Page 388/352
↑ Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, GORDON Lionel Harrison Rankon. NAA: B2455, GORDON L H R
↑ First World War Embarkation Rolls. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 14 Jul 2022) entry for Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon
↑ Honours and Awards. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 14 Jul 2022) entry for Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon
↑ Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon (Virtual War Memorial Australia, https://vwma.org.au : accessed 14 Jul 2022)
↑ "Wales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:9MNW-P5QS : 10 February 2018), Entry for Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon and Margaret Jenkins, 10 Jul 1919, Marriage; from "Parish Records Collection 1538-2005," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Glantawe, Glamorganshire, Wales, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ South Australia Death Index. (Genealogy SA, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php : accessed 14 Jul 2022) database entry for Lionel Harrison Rankon Gordon (Death date 9 May 1946, age 60, marital status W, place of death Keswick, residence St Peters) Reference: District Adelaide, Book/Page 699/1966
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 July 2022), memorial page for Lionel H R Gordon (unknown–9 May 1946), Find A Grave: Memorial #198361613, citing North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, Prospect City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Allison Thorpe (contributor 48957588) .
↑ 11.0 11.1 "Family Notices" The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) 11 May 1946: 20. Web. 14 Jul 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35694003>.