Soldier profiles
Name : GATEHOUSE, FRANCIS CHARLES
Service Number : NX95044
Date of Birth : 01/11/1918
Place of Birth : ADAMINABY, NSW
Known as : CHARLIE, CHAS
Occupation on Enlistment : YARDMAN
Date of Enlistment : 15/04/1942
Locality on Enlistment : ADAMINABY, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : GATEHOUSE, FLORA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 13 PLATOON C COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI), C COMPANY (BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions : BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 18/01/1946
Date Died : 16/08/1979
Age at Death : 60
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : PINE GROVE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, EASTERN CREEK, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 5658246 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, J_JEFFERSON_1.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_2.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_3.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_4.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_5.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_6.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_7.jpg, J_JEFFERSON_8, AWM_090594.jpg, Discharge certificate
Background : Married Flora Mary Goodman 03/05/1939 in Cooma, NSW.
Service & personal summary At discharge : height 5 feet 8.5 inches, brown eyes, medium complexion, dark brown hair. Marks / scars : scar left buttock. Full time war service : A.I.F. 15/04/1942 to 18/01/1946 which included 1374 days active service (874 days within Australia & 500 days overseas). Operational service : Borneo. War badge no. A234056. Discharge certificate no. 401117.
