Gordon Mark VIRGO

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Service Number:	5219
Enlisted:	3 February 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 8 May 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New)

3 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5219, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 5219, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
31 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 5219, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Fremantle
23 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 5219, 11th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as C/- Willis & Booth of High Street, Fremantle, WA.

Son of Albert Virgo and Mary Virgo nee Moran of Broken Hill, NSW.

Next of kin given as his sister Ida M Virgo of Cr Pallmerston And Cannington Street, South Kalgoorlie, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 June 1919 aboard HT Somali disembarking on 8 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1942c Gordon married Evelyn May Spoor in Fremantle, WA.