Gordon Francis YEOMAN

Regimental number2862
Place of birthCastlereagh, New South Wales
SchoolCastlereagh Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressMount Ritchie, Castlereagh via Penrith, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, F Yeoman, Mount Ritchie, Castlereagh via Penrith, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of disease 20 October 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death28.6
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialCalais Southern Cemetery (Plot F. Row I, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Eleanor Mary YEOMAN
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Guarded Suez Canal in machine gun section.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary force, , 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 15 October 1916 (pneumonia); transferred to No 1 Casualty Clearing Station, and thence by Ambulance Train to 9th British Red Cross Hospital, Calais; died of lobar pneumonia, 20 October 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal