Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Gorry G D Gunner 1046 Gregory Doyle 2 FAB 24 Rubber worker Single R C
Address: Kensington, Tennyson St, 100, Bayview Hotel
Next of Kin: Gorry, Michael, father, Bayview Hotel, 100 Tennyson St, Kensington
Enlisted: 17 Aug 1914
Embarked: A9 Shropshire 20 Oct 1914
Awards: Military Medal
Relatives on Active Service:
Gorry E T Pte 6842A brother
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Recommendation for Military Medal.
1046 Sergeant Gregory David (sic) GORRY 49th Battery 15th Australian Field Artillery Brigade
On the night of 29/30th September 1917, when the 49th Battery was moving to occupy a forward position East of the WESTHOEK RIDGE near YPRES, the gun position and vicinity were subjected to very heavy hostile fire from 5.9" and 8" Hows just as the guns had arrived. A number of casualties occurred, one of the Battery Officers being wounded. No 1046 Sergt G D Gorry, 49th Battery, showing utter disregard of personal safety, after getting the teams away, assisted in the removal of the wounded, and was instrumental in preventing further casualties to personnel horses and equipments.
His splendid example in a difficult situation is deserving of special recognition.
6th Oct 1917
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068236--71-.pdf
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One Thousand Days with the AIF
Gunner Frederick Sydney Loch also embarked on the Shropshire with the 2nd Field Artillery Battalion, and wrote an account of it published as Straits Impregnable by Sydney de Lough during the war, though initially disguising it as a novel. An annotated version of Loch's book has been published by Susanna de Vries, and now called To Hell and Back.
War Service Commemorated
Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour Wounded
Regimental Register
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