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| Regiment/Service: |
4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (New Zealand Army) |
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24/08/1893
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| Died: |
07/06/1917 (Killed in Action) |
| Age: |
23 |
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Robert Gordon was the son of Thomas and Thomasina Gordon. Robert James Gordon was born on 24th August 1893 in Kilrea. Thomas Gordon was a farmer who died when Robert was just 9 years old in 1903. Robert emigrated to New Zealand. Prior to enlisting, Robert worked as a farm labourer in Dannevirk, Kiritaki. He enlisted in May 1916. He gave his next of kin as his brother in law, J.T. Kyle, who lived in Waipukurau, New Zealand. Rifleman Robert James Gordon was serving with 3 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4 Battalion, when he was killed in action in France on 7th June 1917.
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The Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial to the Missing is situated within Messines Ridge British Cemetery, which is located 9.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre on the Nieuwkerkestraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg, N365, which connects Ieper to Wijtschate, Mesen and on to Armentieres. From Ieper town centre the Rijselsestraat runs from the market square, through the Lille Gate (Rijselpoort) and directly over the crossroads with the Ieper ring road. The road name then changes to the Rijselseweg.
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