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Frederick John Gorton

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Officers of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles at Addington Camp, Christchurch, August 1914. Back row: Lieutenants L Chaytor, Taylor, Barker, W Deans, F Gorton, Hayter, D S Murchison. Second row: Lieutenant Marchant, Captain Talbot, Lieutenant Blackett, Captain Hurst, Captain Hammond, Lieutenant Free, Lieutenant Bruce. Sitting: Major Wain (O.C. 8th Sqd.), Captain Cody (Q.M.), Major Overton (2nd in Command), Lieutenant-Colonel Findlay (C.O.), Captain Blair (Adjutant), Major Acton-Adams (O.C. 1st Sqd.), Major Hutton (O.C. 10th Sqd.). Front row: Lieutenant Gibbs (Signalling Officer), Tommy the mascot, Lieutenant Davison (Machine Gun Officer), Lieutenant G Dailey. Publication note - Published in "The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919" edited by C G Powles, 1928 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.5 x 20.4 cm. Officers of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Addington Camp, Christchurch. Powles family :Photographs. Ref: PAColl-5268-2-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22690564

Officers of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles at Addington Camp, Christchurch, August 1914. Back row: Li …

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    Frederick John AWMM
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    Gorton AWMM
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    Frederick AWMM
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    WWI 7/337 AWMM
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    1892 AWMM AWMM
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    • Unknown AWMM View Hill, West Oxford, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
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    • Mrs Eleanor Gorton (mother), View Hill, West Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Eleanor Gorton (mother), View Hill, West Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
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    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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  • Son of Eleanor Gorton and John Richard Gorton. AWMM

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    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R16787470
    Further Reference
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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 273 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      23: 5 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM

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