One of the 17 men of a B Company, 29th Battalion platoon photographed near Warfusee-Abancourt in August 1918. A blacksmith's striker in Geelong. He met Hilda Gale while recovering from enteric fever in England and they married on 20 December 1916. He was killed on the same day as Private Olive, aged 24, and his remains were not recovered. Hilda later migrated to Australia and raised their daughter near Geelong.
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Ross Manuel, 'Arlow, John Leslie Gordon (1894–1918)', I Was Only Doing My Job: Nominal Roll, DocNetwork Productions, https://thedocnetwork.net/nominal-roll/arlow-john-leslie-gordon, published online 2026, accessed online 4 November 2026.