GORDON, Bevin Lindsay
| Service Numbers: | S57619, SX29922 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements |
| Born: | Maitland, South Australia, 23 February 1923 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Apprentice Carpenter |
| Died: | Maitland, South Australia, 3 October 2008, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maitland Cemetery, Yorke Peninsula, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Maitland War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, S57619, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements | |
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| 17 Jun 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, S57619, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements | |
| 18 Jun 1943: | Involvement Sapper, SX29922 | |
| 18 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX29922 | |
| 18 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Darwin, NT | |
| 28 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX29922 | |
| 28 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sapper Bevin Lindsay Gordon (Service No:SX29922) initially served in the ACMF (Sapper; Service No:S57619) with 18 Fortress Coy from 18 June 1942 to 17 June 1943. Posted to Darwin, NT on 5 January 1943, Sapper Gordon tranferred 'in the field' to the AIF and served with 42 Australian Works Section and 9 Australian Anti Aircraft and Fortress Coy RAE in Darwin until 18 June 1943. Sapper Gordon was Discharged on 28 November 1945.
Born in 1923 in Maitland South Australia, Bevin was eldest of three children of Clarence Stanley Gordon (b1897 in Ardrossan, South Australia) and Margary Kathleen Thomas (b1900 in Maitland, South Australia). Clarence (a Labourer) and Margary married in 1922 in Maitland, South Australia where they settled and raised their family and Clarence was a Labourer.
Bevin was an Apprentice Carpenter in Maitland when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge, he married Maude (Biddy) Bridgette Watterson (b1920 in Roelands, WA) - Maude, a Nurse before her enlistment, served in WWII as a Lieutenant with the AANS. Bevin and Biddy settled in Maitland, South Australia where they raised their family. Bevin died in 2008 and Biddy in 2011.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sapper Bevin Lindsay Gordon (Service No:SX29922) initially served in the ACMF (Sapper; Service No:S57619) with 18 Fortress Coy from 18 June 1942 to 17 June 1943. Posted to Darwin, NT on 5 January 1943, Sapper Gordon tranferred 'in the field' to the AIF and served with 42 Australian Works Section and 9 Australian Anti Aircraft and Fortress Coy RAE in Darwin until 18 June 1943. Sapper Gordon was Discharged on 28 November 1945.
Born in 1923 in Maitland South Australia, Bevin was eldest of three children of Clarence Stanley Gordon (b1897 in Ardrossan, South Australia) and Margary Kathleen Thomas (b1900 in Maitland, South Australia). Clarence (a Labourer) and Margary married in 1922 in Maitland, South Australia where they settled and raised their family and Clarence was a Labourer.
Bevin was an Apprentice Carpenter in Maitland when he enlisted in the Army. Following his Discharge, he married Maude (Biddy) Bridgette Watterson (b1920 in Roelands, WA) - Maude, a Nurse before her enlistment, served in WWII as a Lieutenant with the AANS. Bevin and Biddy settled in Maitland, South Australia where they raised their family. Bevin died in 2008 and Biddy in 2011.
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