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Personal data

• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Havelock
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Havelock
• Family Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Sarah Gourley, of Havelock. Victoria, Australia.
  Four brothers: Johan William (1877), Samuel (1883), Frederick (1887) and David Thomas (1894). Three sisters: Mary Jane (1876), Madeline (1885) and Eva Catherine (1891)
• Education Havelock State School, Victoria
• Profession Labourer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Melbourne, 8 February 1916
• Service number 5147
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/18 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 59th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarkation April 1916; Tel-El-Kebir May 1916; Alexandria June 1916; Marseilles June 1916; Etaples July 1916

Death

• Wounded Polygon Wood, 26 September; he was guiding some mules, carrying ammunition, up to the line and when returning the shell caught him.
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds on both legs, at n°3 Can CCS
• Died at the age of 28
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - G - 7A

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