Francis Gordon GORMAN

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Service Number:	862
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Wentworth, Wentworth, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery Special Memorial, Grave 12 Chaplain A. Gillison officiated Headstone inscription reads: To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warragul Great European War Roll of Honor, Wentworth War Memorial

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 862, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 862, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 862, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of William and Mary Gorman of Ninth Street, Mildura, Victoria formerly of Warragul, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served an apprenticeship with B.A. Martin of the Wentworth General Store, NSW