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GORRIE, Leslie Manifold
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 4500, Chaplain |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Ballarat, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
Born: | Camperdown, Victoria, 21 March 1887 |
Home Town: | Warrnambool, Warrnambool, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clergyman |
Died: | Natural causes, England, 1955 |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | St Johns No 36, Yarrowee No 10, Orion No 53 Lodges |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4500, Place of enlistment - Ballarat, Victoria | |
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28 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4500, 8th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A32' Themistocles from Melbourne on 28th December 1915, disembarking Suez, Egypt on 8th February 1916. | |
1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
11 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 58th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Transylvania from Alexandria, Egypt on 17th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 23rd June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force. | |
3 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Field Ambulance | |
21 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 14th Field Ambulance, Shrapnel wound to the hip, causing compound fracture of crest of illum posteriorly. Treated at Reading War Hospital London. Whilst wound healed some disability resulted. | |
11 Sep 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 14th Field Ambulance, Embarked for return to Australia and medical discharge on 11th September 1917, disembarking Melbourne on 13th November 1917. | |
17 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4500, 14th Field Ambulance, Medically unfit for duty following wounding. | |
15 Jun 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Ballarat, Victoria | |
19 Jun 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Embarked on HMT Field Marshal from Sydney on 19th June 1918, disembarking London, England on 26th August 1918. | |
19 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department, posted as Chaplain to Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery. | |
28 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Chaplain, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Resigned to take up position as Chaplain (initially on probation) at the India Office's Bengal (Rangoon) Establishment. |
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