Gordon Fairclough

1887-1963

Unit

1st Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1612

About

Born in England

8 October 1887
Parent

Father

John Fairclough
Residence

Hometown

Tauranga
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Ashton & Crump, Tauranga
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 2nd Border Regiment

    United Kingdom

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 76

    12 October 1963

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 83/0038771, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 7.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Gordon Fairclough (1887-1963)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/253