HOPE G.W.

Given Names:  Gordon William

Service Number:  578/153

Unit:  5th Infrantry Battalion, F Company                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  24 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Merchant Proprieter                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  10½ In                 

Weight:  168 Lbs

Chest:  38-41 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Prahran

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Agnes Hope (Dimant)

Parkholme', Sackville Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  21/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                        

Ship:  HMAT Orvieto A3

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Darwin                                     

Embarked:  8/10/1918                                

Disembarked:  24/12/1918

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  22/2/1919                        

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  1909

British War Medal:  4818

Victory Medal:  4824

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    4/5/1890

Place:  Fremantle, Western Australia        

Father:  Edward Thomas HOPE                

Mother:  Agnes May CATT

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Hilda FARMER

DEATH

Date or Year: 14/8/1946                          

Place: Dromana, Victoria                          

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

St Hilary’s Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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