GORDON, Daniel ^{1 2 4 5 6}

   Another name for Daniel was GORDON, Daniel E..³

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  General Notes:

" GORDON, Daniel was enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1920. After this he became a butcher and later enlisted again in the Royal Australian Navy from which he was discharged in 1946. He sailed to Australia with his family on the ship SS Berrima from London on 11th February 1926."

"Name:Daniel Gordon
Birth Date:24 Jun 1898
Birth Place:Edinburgh Scotland
Year Range:1939 - 1948
Enlistment Place:Sydney
Service Number:S917
Spouse:Jeanette Gordon
Series Description:A6770: RAN, Petty Officers and Men"

from Australia Service Records

Note: There is a disparity in the birth date from the Scottish birth records, but this seems to be the same man. ⁷

Daniel married Iris EAGLESHAM, daughter of David EAGLESHAM and Margaret McDONALD, on 7 August 1920 in The Manse, Row, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.¹ (Iris EAGLESHAM was born on 7 April 1900 in Pollokshaws, Eastwood Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland,² died on 16 December 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ^{2 8} and was buried in 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⁸.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was celebrated after banns according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland. William J. Sym of Broughty Ferry was the minister who married the couple. Elizabeth McNiven Watt and Arthur Edward Graysmark were the witnesses.

Daniel Gordon was recorded as a 23 year old bachelor. He was a naval seaman and his address was noted as HMS George Ireland.

Iris Eaglesham was recorded as aged 20 years and a single woman. She was a table maid. Her address was noted as Admiralty Experimental Station, Shandon.

The marriage was registered on 9 August 1920 at Helensburgh. ¹

Daniel next married Ellen Jeanette DILLON in 1934 in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.^{2 3} (Ellen Jeanette DILLON was born about 1910.)