Identity
Person No.
8436
Service No.
2837
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
"A" Coy. attd. Machine Gun Corps
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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Locality
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Notes
Husband of Helen A. Gordon (nee Blain), of 31, Bruntsfield Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland. William Gordon enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry at Edinburgh in January 1902, aged 24 years, and was posted to 142nd Company. Gaining rapid advancement to Sergeant, he served in South Africa between April and September 1902, and was discharged in Cape Colony in the latter month. Re-enlisting at Potchefstroom in August 1915, after several years as a Policeman in the Transvaal and South African Police, he was posted to the 4th South African Infantry and arrived in France, via Egypt, in April 1916.
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