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Private Henry Gordon

 

Number: 11099

Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion - reinforcement draft

ENLISTMENT

Date: 21 February 1900

Place: Belfast

Age: 27 years

Trade of calling: Solicitor's clerk

Place of birth: In the Parish of Clones, near the Town of Nart, in the County of Monaghan

Family: Brother James Gordon, Cornock, Monaghan.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 7 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair brown. Scar abdomen; scar right knee; scar left buttock.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: March-April 1900

Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony and Orange Free State clasps.

DEATH

Date: 3 September 1900

Place: Kroonstad

Cause: Enteric fever

Commemorated: Kroonstad Cemetery and Memorial

 

Belfast News-Letter, 5 September 1900

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