MASSEY  G.

Given Names:  Gordon

               

Service Number: 

Unit:  2nd Pioneer Battalion, 5th reinforcements                                                                

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant                                                                                                     

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  34 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Engineer (Civil)                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4¼ In                  

Weight:  139 Lbs

Chest:  34-38 In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  23/2/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Elsie Laura Victoria Massey

c/- H.B. James, White Lodge, Molesworth Street, Kew, Victoria                                          

Embarkation Date:  18/9/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Karroo A10

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Themistocles                                   

Embarked:  4/5/1917                                 

Disembarked: 

Unit:  2nd Pioneer Battalion                                                                                                           

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  6/8/1917                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  54352

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1881

Place:  Melbourne, Victoria                      

Father:  William Frederick MASSEY         

Mother:  Caroline WATERS

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1906     

Place:             

Spouse: Elsie Laura Victoria WOOD

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/4/1940                          

Place: Melbourne, Victoria                       

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Discharged - gastric ulcer

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary