Pte
William Oscar Gorton
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 28/09/1897 |
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Place of birth: Stroud, New South Wales, Australia |
Army information
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Country: Australia |
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Force: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rank: Private |
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Service number: 339 |
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Units: — Australian Machine Gun Corps, 1st Coy. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 02/10/1917 |
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Place of death: Westhoek, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
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Age: 20 |
Memorial
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Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel: 31K |
Distinctions and medals 3
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1914-15 Star Medal |
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British War Medal Medal |
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Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 2
| #1 | Place of birth | ||
| #2 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 2
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1st Australian Machine Gun Company, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 24/6/20). - https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Sources used |
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First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, GORTON W O). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx. Sources used |
More information 4
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/923795 |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=819b1ad8-3920-410b-be05-e5a0217810f5 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7471159 |
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The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=115017 |