John James O'GORMAN

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Service Number:	345
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

21 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 345, 21st Infantry Battalion, Wangaratta, Vic.
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.

Next of Kin - Mother Mrs Hannah O'Gorman

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