Early Life
Hugh Gordon was born in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia to Hugh Hungerford Gordon (1883-1969) of Armidale,; and Frederica Marion Taylor (1885-1962) of "Terrible Vale", Kentucky. Hugh Hungerford (known as "Bob") was a grazier in the Armidale district of New South Wales, purchasing the property "Elsinore" in 1911.
Gordon spent his early years at Elsinore, attending Armidale High School from 1922 to 1926.
In 1927 Gordon entered the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney, residing at St. Paul's College. He applied for entry after reading a letter from Professor James Douglas Stewart, Dean of the Veterinary Science faculty, that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on 26 January 1927, asking country students to consider veterinary science as a career.
Gordon graduated with Honours in 1930 and was awarded the William Cooper & Nephews Prize for Parasitology, and the Baker and Ridley Memorial Prize for Animal Husbandry. He won University Blues for hockey in 1928 and 1929.
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