GOGAN, Laurance
| Service Number: | 5398 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clackline, Western Australia, 21 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kanowna, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Sarcoma of Testes, 1st Southern General Hospital (Stourbridge Section), Edgbaston, Birmingham, England , 11 July 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Stourbridge Cemetery Grave 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kanowna Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5398, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5398, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5398, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle | |
| 6 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5398, 11th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), G.S.W. to left shoulder & arm. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 11th July .... Private Laurance Gogan was born at Clackline, Western Australia in 1894. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 8th February, 1916 as a 22 year old, single, Grocer from Kanowna, Western Australia.
Private Laurance Gogan embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia on HMAT Aeneas (A60) on 17th April, 1916 with the 11th Infantry Battalion, 17th Reinforcements & disembarked at Suez on 14th May, 1916. He proceeded to France on 21st August, 1916 & joined 11th Battalion on 4th September, 1916 & was posted to “B” Company.
Private Gogan was admitted to Field Ambulance on 1st November, 1916 with Influenza; discharged to duty on 2nd November, 1916 & rejoined his Battalion on 3rd November, 1916.
Private Gogan was admitted to Anzac Rest Station on 3rd December, 1916 with Influenza. He was discharged to duty on 17th December, 1916 & rejoined his Battalion on 20th December, 1916.
Private Gogan was admitted to Casualty Clearing Station on 14th January, 1917 with Influenza. He was diagnosed with Rheumatic Fever on 18th January, 1917 while at Casualty Clearing Station then transferred & admitted to Hospital at Rouen. Private Gogan was discharged to duty on 4th February, 1917 & rejoined 11th Battalion in the Field on 23rd February, 1917.
Private Laurance Gogan was wounded in action on 6th May, 1917. He was admitted to 5th Field Ambulance on 6th May, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to left shoulder & arm. Private Gogan was transferred to Casualty Clearing Station then transferred & admitted to 7th Canadian General Hospital on 7th May, 1917. He was transferred to Convalescent Depot on 11th July & rejoined 11th Battalion on 4th August, 1917.
Private Gogan was admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance on 11th March, 1918 with Orchitis. He was transferred to Casualty Clearing Station then transferred & admitted to 14th General Hospital at Boulogne, France on 2nd April, 1918. Private Gogan was transferred to England on Hospital Ship on 6th April, 1918 & admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital (Stourbridge Section), Edgbaston, Birmingham, England on 6th April, 1918 with Sarcoma of Testes.
Private Laurance Gogan died at 1.30 pm on 11th July, 1918 at 1st Southern General Hospital (Stourbridge Section) from Sarcoma of Testes.
He was buried in Stourbridge Cemetery, Stourbridge, West Midlands, England where 12 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
Connected to Private Laurance Gogan:
****Older brother - John Nathaniel (Jack) Gogan (born 5th January, 1888) – Enlisted 5th January, 1916 as a 27 year old, single Labourer. Service no.4122. Embarked with 28th Battalion 10th Reinforcements on 1st April, 1916. Killed in action at Pozieres on 29th July, 1916, aged 28 years. Remembered on Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
****Older brother – Roy William Gogan (born 9th April, 1892) – Enlisted 13th December, 1915 as a 23 year old, single Miner. Service no. 4795. Embarked 1st April, 1916 with 11th Battalion, 15th Reinforcments. Killed in action in Belgium on 12th October, 1917, aged 27 as part of 51st Battalion. Remembered on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
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Biography
Mother: Mary Ann Gogan (nee Shaw)
Father:William Gogan
2 Brothers Killed in Action:
John Nathaniel Gogan 4122 Private Killed in Action France.
Roy William Gogan 4795 Privated Killed in Action Belgium
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