Douglas Peel GORDON

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GORDON, Douglas Peel

Service Number:	845
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Place of enlistment - Morphettville, Adelaide South Australia
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st Australian Army Service Corps Company
Born:	Semaphore, Adelaide South Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Unley Park, City of Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street State School, St Peter's College, Adelaide
Occupation:	Mercantile Clerk
Died:	9 October 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Crawford Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide Elder Smith & Co Limited WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, 845, Place of enlistment - Morphettville, Adelaide South Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 845, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company , Embarked on HMAT 'A1' Hymettus from Adelaide on 22nd October 1914
31 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 845, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company , Embarked for return to Australia on Hospital Ship HMAT 'A60' Aeneas from Egypt on 31st October 1915, disembarking Melbourne 25th November 1915
10 Apr 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 845, 1st Australian Army Service Corps Company , Medical discharge - debility after dysentery
Date unknown:	Wounded 845

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Sir David John Gordon and Lady Anna Louisa (nee PEEL) GORDON of Victoria Avenue, Unley Park, Adelaide South Australia. Sir David John Gordon (4 May 1865 – 12 February 1946) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913 and a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1913 to 1944. He was briefly Minister of Education and Minister of Repatriation under Archibald Peake in 1917.

Husband of Mary Dorothea MATTERS, married on 2nd April 1924.

Father of

David GORDON (born 28th January 1925)
Thomas Matters GORDON ( born 26th March 1927 died 26th February 1938)
Douglas GORDON (born 30th August 1930)

Brother of

159 Lieutenant John Rutherford GORDON (MC) - No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, returned to Australia 14th June 1919 (born 1895). John Rutherford GORDON (MC) would reach the rank of Wing Commander during World War II Service.

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