GORMAN, EUGENE

 Person: id 42706

Primary information

University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
GORMAN
Given name(s)
EUGENE
Initials
E.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Naming note
Known as Pat

Education

Early education
GORMAN, E. : St Joseph's College
Tertiary education
GORMAN E. : Law.Articled Clerk Course, University of Melbourne
Start date
1910

Life events

Military service
GORMAN E. : Military and health.Served: Private 1915GORMAN E. : Military and health.Returned to Australia: 1 Oct 1919
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
GORMAN E. : Barrister - 1940 @ Moorabbin -- VIC, AustraliaGORMAN E. : Consul-General for Netherlands East Indies 1942 - @ East Indies [ East Indies ]
Other events
GORMAN E. : Specific terms.Admitted to the Bar 5 May 1914GORMAN E. : Specific terms.Took silk 1929GORMAN E. : Specific terms.Foundation member Australian Council for Civil Liberties 1935GORMAN E. : Specific terms.Appointed C.B.E. 1960GORMAN E. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B.E. 1966
Death
GORMAN E. : Death 19 Jul 1973 @ East Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]

USyd & UMelb only

OCRd book entry or other narrative
GORMAN, EUGENE. 1910.
St. Joseph 's Coll., Sydney; Articled Clerks' course.
22nd Btn., Pte. 1915; 2/Lt. I.6.16; Lieut. 25.3.17; Capt. 26.I. 19. France. Wounded 3.5.17, and March 1918; injured in action August 1918. Awarded M.C. Bullecourt May 1917, Returned October 1919.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1910

Documents and photographs

Publications
'With the Twenty-Second' (1919), contained an introduction written by General Sir William (Baron) Birdwood.

Family, religion, special flags

Narrative and notes

Visible notes
In 1944-45 he commanded the A.I.F. Reception Group, United Kingdom, which repatriated Australian soldiers who had been prisoners of war in Europe. Home again, he transferred to the Reserve of Officers in November 1945.ADB

External links

ADB Entry ID
10333
Discovering Anzacs
http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/200436

Admin - UMelb

UniMelb Category
Returned

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