GORDON, Robert Charles Tayloy
(Service number 9/1847)
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Birth
| Date | 8 March 1896 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waiwera South | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs F. W. GORDON (mother), 32A Oxford Street, South Dunedin | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 June 1968 | Age | 73 years |
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| Place of Death | Cust | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Harewood Crematorium, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Robert Charles Taylor Gordon was the younger son of Frederick West Gordon and Susan (Susanah Margaret) née Williams. He was educated at Timaru Main and Waimataitai schools before attending several schools in the Dunedin area - Arthur Street, High Street, Mornington, Moray Place and north East Valley. His father, Robert and his brother Frederick all changed their surname legally from Gordon to the family name Garlick. Robert married Amelia Lyle Stevens in 1919
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [28 June 2017]; School Admission Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG & Dunedin Branch NZSG) [29 June 2017]
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