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O'GORMAN, John James
Service Number: | 345 |
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Enlisted: | 21 December 1914, Wangaratta, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 6th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Taradale, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
Schooling: | Taradale State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eldorado War Memorial, Taradale State School 614 Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wangaratta War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
21 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 345, 21st Infantry Battalion, Wangaratta, Vic. | |
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10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 345, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 345, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
7 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 345, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Machine Gun Company, Egypt | |
8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 345, 6th Machine Gun Company, Mouquet Farm | |
26 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company, France | |
30 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Machine Gun Company, France | |
3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 345, 6th Machine Gun Company, Bullecourt (Second) |
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John James O'Gorman is also remembered on the Taradale School Honour Roll and the Taradale War Memorial, Vic.
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Brothers:
467 Pte Francis William O'GORMAN, 21st Bn, killed in action, 26 August 1916;
468 Pte George (Patrick) O'GORMAN MSM, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Biography
Next of Kin - Mother Mrs Hannah O'Gorman