Robert Hamilton GORDON

Regimental number12/2303
AddressPaterangi, Ohaupo
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, Douglas Gordon, Abbott Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 13 June 1915
The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Douglas and Susannah Gordon, 28 Abbott's Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 23/1646 Sergeant William Elliott GORDON MM, 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 12 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fifth

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