Service Number: 88
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1891
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: West Brunswick State School, Victoria
Occupation: Tram Conductor
Died: Killed in action, Steel's Post, Gallipoli, 12 July 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: A dinkum Aussie
Memorials: Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Moreland State School No 2837 HR
Foster son of William Henry Pegg of 24 Passfield Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Gordon was adopted by William and his wife as a young child from the Neglected Childrens Department, Melbourne. He was an illegitiment child of a Miss Cameron and the name of his father is unknown
Also served in the school cadets
Killed while taking part with a voluntary party of ten men on a German Officers' Trench, near Steele's Post. 8 were killed and 2 were wounded
A DINKUM AUSSIE
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1891
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: West Brunswick State School, Victoria
Occupation: Tram Conductor
Died: Killed in action, Steel's Post, Gallipoli, 12 July 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: A dinkum Aussie
Memorials: Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Moreland State School No 2837 HR
Foster son of William Henry Pegg of 24 Passfield Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Gordon was adopted by William and his wife as a young child from the Neglected Childrens Department, Melbourne. He was an illegitiment child of a Miss Cameron and the name of his father is unknown
Also served in the school cadets
Killed while taking part with a voluntary party of ten men on a German Officers' Trench, near Steele's Post. 8 were killed and 2 were wounded
A DINKUM AUSSIE
Service Number: 88
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1891
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: West Brunswick State School, Victoria
Occupation: Tram Conductor
Died: Killed in action, Steel's Post, Gallipoli, 12 July 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: A dinkum Aussie
Memorials: Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Moreland State School No 2837 HR
Foster son of William Henry Pegg of 24 Passfield Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Gordon was adopted by William and his wife as a young child from the Neglected Childrens Department, Melbourne. He was an illegitiment child of a Miss Cameron and the name of his father is unknown
Also served in the school cadets
Killed while taking part with a voluntary party of ten men on a German Officers' Trench, near Steele's Post. 8 were killed and 2 were wounded
A DINKUM AUSSIE
Enlisted: 17 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1 June 1891
Home Town: Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: West Brunswick State School, Victoria
Occupation: Tram Conductor
Died: Killed in action, Steel's Post, Gallipoli, 12 July 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot 1, Row C, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: A dinkum Aussie
Memorials: Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board HR, Moreland State School No 2837 HR
Foster son of William Henry Pegg of 24 Passfield Street, West Brunswick, Victoria. Gordon was adopted by William and his wife as a young child from the Neglected Childrens Department, Melbourne. He was an illegitiment child of a Miss Cameron and the name of his father is unknown
Also served in the school cadets
Killed while taking part with a voluntary party of ten men on a German Officers' Trench, near Steele's Post. 8 were killed and 2 were wounded
A DINKUM AUSSIE
Gravesite Details
Lance Corporal, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 24.
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