GOW, William Brydon
| Service Number: | 765 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital and Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 765, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 765, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
William Brydon Gow
He was born in Dunkeld, in Victoria in 1880 son of Walter and Elizabeth Gow. His father managed Corea and Brie Brie Stations in that era. His mother with his 4 sisters subsequently ran a boarding house in Melbourne called Tasma,
He married Lucy Tatlock at Hamilton, Victoria in 1910. They made their home in Glenthompson. There were no children. After Lucy’s death in 1913, he moved to NSW as station overseer at Gooloogong near Forbes not far from his father.
William enlisted on 20 February 1915 in the 12th Light Horse Regiment, which was part of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Gallipoli and the Middle East in World War One at the age of 33 years as an Overseer from Goolagong, New South Wales. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Australia, 26 July 1919. He was discharged from the army in 1919 as a corporal, but nothing is known of his later life.
He seems to have worked in New South Wales and possibly worked for his father on Namina Station and it appears from his sister’s obituary that he was living in Townsville in 1942.
Submitted 27 September 2015 by John Woodside