Percy James GORE

GORE, Percy James

Service Number: 3160
Enlisted: 18 October 1916, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Summertown, South Australia, Australia, 29 November 1893
Home Town: Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia
Schooling: Uraidla school
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 25 April 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France
Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 6), Villers-Bretonneux, France, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crafers WW1 Memorial, Port Lincoln & District Honor Roll WW1, Port Lincoln Big Swamp Methodist Church Honour Roll, Port Lincoln Garden of Remembrance, Summertown Cemetery Memorial Arch Gates, Uraidla & Districts Roll of Honour 2, Uraidla War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

18 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
16 Dec 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3160, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3160, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide

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Biography

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA: 1910 - 1924) Tuesday 18 June 1918

LATE P. J. GORE. 

Private Percy James Gore, of the 50th Battalion, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J Gore, Port Lincoln, was killed in action in France on April 25. He was born at Summertown on November 29, 1893, and was educated at the Uraidla school. He removed with his parents 12 years ago to the Port Lincoln district. He enlisted in October 1916, left Australia in December, and was sent to France the following June. Private Gore was popular in his district as a singer, as he possessed a fine baritone voice. He also excelled in tennis and football. He was a member of the Big Swamp Methodist Church. His only brother, Lance-Corporal F. V. Gore, severely wounded, has been invalided home.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124552004

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