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CARRINGTON, Gordon Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1323 |
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Enlisted: | 4 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, March 1885 |
Home Town: | Euston, Balranald, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Euston State School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Drover/Station hand |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euston War Memorial, Hillston Memorial Park Gates, Holbrook War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
4 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1323, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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11 Feb 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1323, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
11 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1323, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
1 Jun 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Train, Detached 3rd Battalion for duty and Promoted Driver to Maadi Rear echelon Mounted Train Egypt | |
13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 55th Battalion to establishment and reverts to Private on March in | |
3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Transferred to 5th Pioneer Bn on establishment of unit | |
19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1323, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Embarked for France with Battalion on HT Canada | |
12 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
26 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
2 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1323, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Transferred to UK Pleurisy 2nd War Hospital Birmingham England till 5th April 1917 | |
30 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Posted to 5th Pioneer Battalion for duty France, post Instructional duties Pioneer Training Battalion and 9th Training Battalion Durrington UK | |
29 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1323, 5th Pioneer Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1323 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-29 |
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