William Roy John GOGAN

GOGAN, William Roy John

Service Number: 4795
Enlisted: 13 December 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Toodyay, Western Australia, 9 April 1892
Home Town: Kanowna, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
Died: Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kanowna Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

13 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4795, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
1 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4795, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4795, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
12 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4795, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4795 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12

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Biography

Brother: 5398 Pte Laurence GOGAN, 11th battallion, died of disease, 11 July 1918.

Brother: 4122 Pte John Nathaniel GOGAN, 28th battallion, KIlled in Action, 29 July 1916

 

Parents: William and Mary GOGAN (nee Shaw), Kanowna, Western Australia