LYALL, Gordon Gilmore
(Service number 15927)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | 6 January 1886 | Place of Birth | Gore |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 4 May 1916 | Age | 29 |
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Farmer (self employed) at St Andrews | ||
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| Next of Kin | George Lyall (father), Saint Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
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 | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements, 3rd battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 26 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata or Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade,3rd battalaion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western Europe 1916-17, Messines | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 July 1917 | Age | 30 |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial,Messines Ridge British Cemetery,Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Andrews War memorial; Family Grave Memorial, Otaio Cemetery, Otaio | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of George and Helen Christina Lyall of St Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand. George (father) was the last manager of the Pareoa Estate. Four sons of George and Helen also served during the war: Gordon Gilmore (15927) and William Carnegie (46235) were killed in action, but Angus (15560) and Hugh (74394) returned home.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014); SCRoll submission by K Lyall, 25 October 2018
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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