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CHENOWETH, Gordon Phillip
| Service Number: | 3778 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion |
| Born: | Bald Hills, South Australia, June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Normanville, Yankalilla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mail-driver |
| Died: | Goodwood, South Australia, 2 January 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3778, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3778, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3778, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, T.O.S of reorganised 1st Anzac Cyclist Battalion | |
| 27 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3778, 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion, Medically discharged | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3778 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Gordon Phillip Chenoweth was born in June 1889 at Bald Hills, South Australia. In his early years, he lived in Normanville South Australia with his family. Before enlisting in the AIF, he worked as a mail driver. He didn’t have any previous military service records but did have military connections in his family, where 2 of his brothers were in the military for Australia. He also had two sisters whose names were Bertha Winifred Foxwell and Jessie May Nottle. He was also married to Violet Chenoweth and then Kate Caroline Chenoweth later.
Gordon Phillip was enlisted on 13th September 1915 in South Australia as a 26-year-old. He then embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916. He originally served in the 27th Infantry Battalion but was moved to the 1st ANZAC Cyclist Battalion on 9th July 1916. In December 1916 he went to hospital with conjunctivitis and after recovering returned to hospital in March 1917 with an eye disease which was followed by mumps. He did not return to duty, as doctors recognised that his mental state would not allow it, so he was returned to Australia for discharge in September 1917.