Corporal Stanley William Gordon Memorial

This illustrated document was presented to the parents of Corporal Stanley William Gordon of the 53rd Battalion who died from gas poisoning in France on 28 April 1918. The memorial was designed by Edward Turner and William Henderson Limited. Established in 1861, the company conducted its printing works in George Street, Sydney.  

The page is highly decorated, featuring Australian flannel flowers and wattle, the Union Jack and the Australian flag. The focal point is a photograph of Corporal Gordon, and elegant text listing his age; service details; details of his death; the names of his parents; and details of the presentation, which took place in Raleigh, east of Bellingen, in September 1918.

Gordon was born at Kiama, NSW. As a single 23-year-old motor mechanic of Raleigh on the Bellingen River, he enlisted as a Private in the 3rd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement. His unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915. He died of wounds on 28 April 1918 and was buried in St. Sever Cemetery in Rouen, France. His death was recorded in the Raleigh Sun (Bellingen), 1 June 1918 during Empire Day Celebrations. 

The memorial is now located in the Bellingen Museum.