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    Posted 10 years ago

    ron1939
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    The biography of a Gay Gordon. [Not the modern meaning of Gay ]
    This Gentleman And Officer was the first Commander of
    Fort Glanville a Victorian coastal Fort In South Australia.
    His name was Jose Maria Rafael Ramon Francisco Gabriel
    Del Corazon De Jesus Gordon Y Prendergast. Born Spain
    March 19 1856 of scottish stock.from Aberdeenshire . His
    Grandfather and Brother were owners of a large estate called Wardhouse
    But because of a new law forbidding Catholics owning land one
    brother became Protestant and the other went to Spain . After many
    years and deaths the law was removed by the Duke of Wellington
    Then prime minister. Gordons father Pedro Carlos inherited and
    become Laird of the estate . Gordon went to school age sixteen
    Become a lieutenant in Royal Artillery then for health reasons
    Took a sea voyage to New Zealand Then Australia he served many years
    Ending up Brig- General retired head of all Australian forces because
    Of age weeks before First world war which did not please him.
    He saw war under lord kitchener in Boer War. Also was one of the
    first to fly in Australia in airplane and established first flying
    school at point Cook near Melbourne.

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