John Henry Gorton
First Name:
John
Middle Name:
Henry
Last Name:
Gorton
Mother's Name:
Jane Gorton nee Asson
Father's Name:
Isaiah Gorton
Date Enlisted:
Monday, January 10, 1916
Rank at Enlistment:
Pte
Rank at Discharge:
Pte
Unit:
55th battalion
Service:
Infantry
Awards:
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Date of Death:
Saturday, September 15, 1951
Place of Death:
Cessnock
Details:
John Gorton (Service No 5214) was born at Minmi, N.S.W. in 1884.
At enlistment John was 31 years of age, single, lived at Woonona, N.S.W. and was employed as a labourer.
He embarked from Sydney on SS Makarini with 16th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, on 1st April 1916. He arrived in Egypt on 2nd May 1916 and was transferred to 55th Battalion and sent on to France to join the Battalion after it was decimated at Fromelle, arriving on 3rd August 1916.
John returned to Australia in September 1919 and was discharged on 13th January 1920.
In 1926 he married Margaret Fort at Cessnock, N.S.W. and they raised 3 children.
John died in Cessnock in 1951.
Sources:
NAA: B2455, GORTON J H
