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Name	Sir William Gore Mitchell
Born	8 March, 1888 Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	15 August, 1944 (aged 56) London, Middlesex, England
Cause of Death	stroke
Related Entries	[View as tree] Mitchell, Eliza (aunt) Mitchell, Helen Lucas (aunt) Bisdee, Edith Sutherland (aunt) Wylde, Theresa Mary (aunt) Bower, Maude Laidley (aunt) Rawson, Dorothy Sutherland (aunt) Mitchell, Norman Robert (uncle) Mitchell, James Graham (uncle) Bisdee, Thomas Gamaliel (uncle by marriage) Mitchell, Elizabeth Carter (grandmother) Mitchell, James Sutherland (grandfather) Garsia, Marjorie Sutherland (cousin)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1909-1941) Overseas
Military Service *	World War I (British airforce officer)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1915) Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1918) Air Force Cross (recipient, 1919) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1924) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1938)

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