LINSLEY, Gordon
| Service Number: | 325 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Work |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, France VI A 29 |
| Memorials: | Bondi Surf Bathers' Life Saving Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Roll, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 325, 1st Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 325, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 325, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Embarked Driver, 325, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Malwa, Melbourne | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Involvement Driver, 325, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 7 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-04-07 | |
| 12 May 1918: | Honoured Military Cross |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Richard and Evangeline Linsley, of 100, Leichhardt, Waverley, New South Wales.
Lieutenant Gordon Linsley was one of the first of the Eastern Suburbs boys to answer the call in August 1914. He enlisted as a driver in the first Field Artillery Brigade. He has seen service in Gallipoli, Egypt and France. He was recently granted a commission for bravery and resourcesfulness in France. Lieutenant Linsley is a son of Mrs. Linsley, who resides on the border of Waverley and Randwick, and he is very well known among the athletes of Bondi, Bronte, Clovelly and Coogee as a swimmer and footballer. He holds three medals for life-saving, and is one of a team of five that won the Roth Shield for rescue work.
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