Edgar Allan GORNALL

GORNALL, Edgar Allan

Service Numbers: 376, N65977
Enlisted: 17 March 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Lines of Communication Units
Born: Bathurst, New South Wales, 7 December 1895
Home Town: Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Natural causes, Manly, New South Wales, 13 June 1962, aged 66 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials:
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

17 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 376, Liverpool, New South Wales
25 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 376, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 376, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
16 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 376, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
29 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 376, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell wound (knee and back)
4 Jan 1918: Transferred Second Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
30 Jun 1918: Promoted Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
30 Sep 1918: Promoted Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
12 Mar 1920: Discharged Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)

World War 2 Service

8 Mar 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, N65977
8 Mar 1940: Enlisted N65977, Sydney, New South Wales
8 Oct 1940: Promoted Lieutenant
3 Jan 1944: Discharged Lieutenant, N65977, Lines of Communication Units

Help us honour Edgar Allan Gornall's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by John Edwards

"SERVIAN SILVER MEDAL

Signaller Edgar Gornall son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Gornall, of Abingdon, Rankin-street, Bathurst, has been awarded the Servian silver medal for holding a telephone on the trenches on Gallipoli while his comrades got away, and being obliged to run for his life. He has two brothers on active service." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 01 Jun 1917 (nla.gov.au)

Read more...