GASS, Hugh Gordon
| Service Number: | 3569 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 16 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway telegraph Operator |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 11 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot 20, Row J, Grave 12A. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goulburn District Railway Employees Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3569, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3569, 13th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3569, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3569, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Died of wounds on same day. | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 3569, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3569 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-11 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Hugh Gordon GASS, (Service Number 3569) was born on 16 May 1893 at Goulburn. He began working with the Railways on 11 January 1909, as a probationer in is home town. He remained in this position until February 1913, when he moved to be a junior telegraph operator. A little over two years later, he joined the AIF, on 13 August 1915. He was 22 when he enlisted. He embarked at Sydney on HMAT A17 ‘Port Lincoln’ on 13 October 1915.
He was injured in the field on 11 October 1917, with gunshot wounds to the thorax, left arm, thigh, and right leg. These wounds would prove fatal, as he passed away in the field in Belgium on this day. He was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium.
Submitted 18 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Hugh Gordon GASS (Service Number 3569) was born on 16th May 1893 at Goulburn. He began working with the Railways on 11th January 1909mas a probationer in is home town. He remained in this position until February 1913mwhen he moved to be a junior telegraph operator. He joined the AIF on 13th August 1915. He was 22 when he enlisted. He embarked at Sydney on HMAT A17 ‘Port Lincoln’ on 13th October 1915.
He was allocated to the 45th Battalion and proceeded to join them in Zeitoun (Egypt) on 6th March 1916. He was admitted to hospital with Influenza in Alexandria on 6th April 1916. He re-joined his battalion on 15th April. He proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Forces from Alexandria and disembarked in Marseilles (France) on 8th June 1916. It is recorded that he was still with his battalion by 22 May 1917 in France.
He was injured in the field on 1th October 1917. He had gunshot wounds to the thorax, left arm, thigh, and right leg. These wounds would prove fatal. He passed away in the field in Belgium on this day. He was buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium, in plot 20, row J, grave 12A.
Following his death, he was mentioned in the NSW Railway and Tramway Magazine on 1st January 1918, which said, ‘Private H.G. Gass… died of wounds on October 11. Deceased was formerly a telegraph operator in the Railway Department, Goulburn’.
His next of kin was his father. After his death, his father received several of his personal items, including a wallet, a fountain pen, a pencil case, and letters. He also received the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal for his son’s service.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board