Born: 1 January 1893
Died: 8 May 1919
Gordon Carl James served in the Merchant Navy. He joined the ss Quito at Sydney on 21 July 1914 as 4th Engineer.
His obituary appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 22 July 1919.
"Mr. W. G. James, of Grosmont, Union-street, Mosman, has received a cable message announcing the death of his youngest son, Gordon, who left Australia in 1914 as an engineer on the steamer Quito. War broke out while she was en route to England. On arrival there he signed on for active service, and performed transport duty in various parts of the world during the full period of the war. After the signing of the armistice he joined H.M.T. Karon, engaged in transporting Belgian refugees back to Belgium. He intended to return to his home in Mosman at the close of the work, but contracted a serious illness on this ship, and died in the Fanakerley Hospital, Liverpool, England, on May 8."
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