GORDON, Arthur John
| Service Numbers: | 2138, 2138A |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | St Ives Chase, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit grower |
| Died: | Killed in action, Flers, France, 28 October 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gordon St Ives Public School Honor Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2138, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2138, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2138, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 2138A, 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2138A awm_unit: 14th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-10-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Arthur John Gordon gave his next of kin as his mother, Mrs Martha Ann Gordon, of St Ives, New South Wales.
He left Australia during June 1915 but there is no mention of Gallipoli service in his service file. He transferred to the 55th Battalion on 13 February 1916 and then transferred to the 14th Light Trench Mortar Battery when he arrived in France on 4 July 1916.
Arthur was reported as killed in action on 28 October 1916, and one of his mates gave the following information in his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file, “on the 28 October 1916 about 11.00am, to the left of Flers, Gordon and two others, out of a about a party of six, going down on fatigue, were hit by a H.E. shell. Gordon was killed instantly and two others, Desborough and Moore were wounded. Gordon was buried in an old trench to the left of Flers near Brigade Headquarters. Two rifles were put up to make up a cross and his equipment was laid on top. He came from St. Ives, Sydney, and his parents kept a fruit orchard, I believe.”
Arthur's grave was subsequently lost and he is remembered on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.
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