HAMILTON, Gordon Stanley
| Service Number: | 3475 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Cobram, Victoria, Australia, 15 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Cobram, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Cobram State School,Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway shunter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cobram Barooga RSL War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3475, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3475, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 3475, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3475 awm_unit: 14 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-01 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Gordon Stanley HAMILTON, (Service Number 3475) was born on 15 December 1890 at Cobram, Victoria. From November 1912 he had been a temporary porter in the Traffic Branch in the Junee district. He became permanent in January 1913 and then progressed to a shunter, moving to Sydney in June 1914, working at Clyde. He was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 22 August 1915.
At the time of his enlistment, at Liverpool on the same day as he was given leave by the Railways, he was not married and gave his mother, still living in Cobram as his next of kin. He left Australia through Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 2 November 1915 and joined the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 5 February 1916.
Submitted 22 August 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
3475 Gunner Gordon Stanley Hamilton 14th Brigade Field Artillery AIF, killed in action 1st October 1917.
Gordon was the 27 year old son of Annie and the late John Hamilton. He was born and raised in Market Street Cobram, near the silos, attending the Cobram State School. He later worked for the NSW railways. Gordon enlisted in August 1915 and left Australia during November 1915. When he arrived in Egypt he was posted to the 5th Division Artillery and was sent to France in June 1916. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his hands and ankle during the Battle of Fromelles only 3 weeks later and was evacuated to England. He wrote to the Cobram Courier whilst recovering, “In this hospital half the inmates are Tommies and half Australian. And talk about arguments? We get them going a treat. They are a bit jealous of us, but good sports all the same.”
Gordon wrote home during this time and had a great old time looking around London whilst on leave. He was sent back to France after recovery in December 1916. During June 1917 his artillery unit was inspected by the King, which was filmed and Gordon had a great time bringing the guns into action at the full gallop in record time, to impress the King and his entourage. He informed his mother he was sure the film would be sent to Australia.
Gordon was serving with a battery of 18 pounders at Passchendaele in Belgium when he was killed in action 1st October 1917. Gordon was killed outright, along with four other Australians, when a German shell lobbed right on their gun position. Although buried by his mates on Anzac Ridge he now has no known grave and is remembered on the memorial at Ypres.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Gordon Stanley HAMILTON (Service Number 3475) was born on 15 December 1890 at Cobram, Victoria. From November 1912 he had been a temporary porter in the Traffic Branch in the Junee district of the Railways. He became permanent in January 1913 and then progressed to a shunter, moving to Sydney in June 1914, working at Clyde. He was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 22 August 1915.
At the time of his enlistment, at Liverpool on the same day as he was given leave by the Railways, he was not married and gave his mother, still living in Cobram as his next of kin.
- based n notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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