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Born: 14 October 1884
Died: 22 August 1918
A school teacher at King's College, Goulburn prior to his enlistment in the AIF.
He was wounded in action on 30 March 1918 in his battalion's counter-attack at Hangard Wood as part of the defence of Villers-Bretonneux during the German Spring Offensive.
On 22 August 1918, the 33rd Battalion was part of the 9th Brigade's attack which succeeded in moving the front line closer to the village of Bray-sur-Somme without achieving the objective of its occupation. He was among the 17 members of his battalion killed that day. [JSB]
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- Gorrie Archibald James : SERN 3300 : POB Leicester England : POE Goulburn NSW : NOK W Gorrie Gladys Sybil (NAA file)
- Gorrie Archibald James : SERN 3300 : POB Leicester England : POE Goulburn NSW : NOK W Gorrie Gladys Sybil (website)
- Find War Dead: GORRIE, ARCHIBALD JAMES (webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Rolls: Archibald James Gorrie (webpage)
- Roll of Honour: Archibald James Gorrie (website)
- Goulburn and the War. (newspaper article)
- 394th CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. WOUNDED. (newspaper article)
- Goulburn and the War. PTE. A. J. GORRIE KILLED. (newspaper article)
- 434th CASUALTY LIST. NEW SOUTH WALES. KILLED. (newspaper article)
- Pembroke College, Oxford, Roll of Honour: Gorrie, Archibald James (webpage)
- Archibald James Gorrie (photograph)