Frederick Dundas Corbet Gore ⁽¹⁾, known by his family as "Dassie", was born on 1st December 1885 at Pikedale Station, Queensland. His father and mother were Frederick Dundas Corbet Gore ⁽²⁾ and Margaretta Stenhouse Gunn ⁽³⁾, who had married in 1881. Fred Gore then became the manager of Callendoon Station, West of Goondiwindi, until in 1908 he started the firm of Gore and Co, a stock and station agency in Goondiwindi. They had three other children, StGeorge Richard ⁽⁴⁾, Ralph Thomas ⁽⁵⁾, and Emily Margaretta ⁽⁶⁾. While Fred was station manager at Callendoon, Maggie and their growing family lived part of the time in Glen Innes, possibly whilst the children attended the Glenn Innes Public School, where Dassie was a member of the school Cadet Corps. Visits to the station during this time cannot have been too frequent, with Maggie driving the sulky ⁽⁷⁾ the 150 miles on the rough dirt track and the boys riding their bicycles alongside.

In 1898, age 13,  Dassie left school and joined Dalgety & Co in Sydney. Whilst living in Sydney he was a member of the Sydney Rowing Club up to at least 1905. Life in Sydney did not suit Dassie's health and he was advised to seek a drier climate, due to asthma. A notable event happened on 10th November 1911 when he met Ella Maude Sydney Jones. They were to marry in 1919 on his return from the war in Europe.

Dassie Gore enlisted in the 2^nd Australian Light Horse at Enoggera, Queensland on 6th September 1914, becoming Private 412. He was quickly promoted to Lance Corporal on 20th October 1914, following the death of Quartermaster Sergeant Carthwright from pneumonia in Egypt on 18th April 1915. Gore was subsequently promoted by the commanding officer, Colonel Stodart, to Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant with effect from 6th May 1915. On the 9 May 1915 elements of the 1st and 2nd Light Horse embarked on the SS Devanna for Gallipoli. However shortly after arrival he became ill with enteric fever, and was evacuated to Egypt where he was hospitalised at 21 General Hospital, Alexandria.  Unable to recover in Egypt, he was sent to England on board the hospital ship Letitia on 2nd October, and was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley on 12th October. He had recovered by 14th February 1916, on which date he was posted to Abbey Wood Depot. He was posted on to "Monte Video" at Weymouth, and on the 28th July 1916 was posted on to the Machine Gun Gunnery School training camp at Perham Downs, near Andover, as an instructor.

It is not known why Gore decided to transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. He was much older than most recruits of the time. His training commenced on 16th November 1916 at Denham. Flt Sgt Gore became a member of 9 Flight, C Squadron, along with Charles A Christmas, CG Crane, David Deakin, Alan B Hill, Lawrence N Mitchell, Ashby W Pritt, and Richard G Turner. After cadet training they were sent to 2 SoMA Oxford, where aeronautical training commenced on 26th January 1917. The cadets from Denham were joined by George LC Clifton, WB Davies, HT Hammond, AT Lindsay, HT Lyles and JM Stewart - and together they constituted 16 Training Squadron. Flying training commenced at 8 Reserve Squadron at Netheravon, Wiltshire, on 23rd March 1917.

The unit was equipped with Maurice Farman Shorthorns, and he accomplished his first solo on 7th April 1917 in Shorthorn 7090, breaking the main skid on landing.

The next stage of flying training was the move to 1 Reserve Squadron at Fort Grange near Gosport, Hampshire. Gore commenced instruction here on 17th April 1917. All his flying was undertaken on Avro 504A aircraft, with one of his instructors being the commanding officer, Major Robert Smith-Barry. Gore graduated with his wings on 4th June, with a total flying time of 30 hours.

He completed his flying training with a grand total of 59 hours flying time, and was posted to France and the Pilot's Pool at 1 Aircraft Depot, St Omer. He was posted to 66 Squadron on 22nd August 1917, and undertook a practice flight the same day in Sopwith Pup 1733, over the Foręt de Nieppe. The next few days were much the same, with practice flying, gun practice, formation flying and flights to help familiarise him with geography of the lines. On 4th September Gore flew a 1 hour 50 minute practice flight, followed by his first offensive patrol, which lasted 2 hours 35 minutes. The first time he flew a Sopwith Camel was 17th October 1917, when he had 40 minutes in B4605, a 130 hp Clerget powered Camel which had been delivered to 66 Squadron two days earlier.

The only time Gore was credited with destroying an enemy aircraft was a two seater on 12th October. While flying with 2/Lt GL Dore they attacked a body of troops, later attacking the two seater at 60ft over its aerodrome. Dore saw the EA stall and crash, but was wounded in a foot during the engagement. 66 Squadron flew no more patrols after this engagement until the 31st October, as they were in the process of receiving their new Camels and returning the Pups to the Aircraft Depot. There were however many practice flights, as the pilots adapted to their new mounts.

The squadron was one of three Camel squadrons chosen to deploy to Italy, as part of an allied plan to bolster the Italian front. Accordingly on the 10th November 1917, 66 Squadron returned its aircraft to 2 Aircraft Depot for packing and onward transportation to Northern Italy. Once the Camels had been re-erected in Italy, patrolling recommenced. Gore's first flight in Italy was on 30th November in B5204, a 30 minute test flight. The squadron deployed to Verona on 1st December, and then on 4th December to their operational base at Grossa. Two days later, again in Camel B5204, Gore undertook his first offensive patrol on the Italian front, lasting 2˝ hrs. Whilst flying the same Camel on 17th December he crashed just outside the aerodrome, crashing the same aircraft again on 28th January 1918 due to fog, although this flight is not recorded in his log book. On 27th December he led the first of the six patrols that he would lead before the events of 2nd February, making a brief note in his log book against each. On 11th January while leading a patrol his aircraft was badly shot about, suffering damage to the right hand planes, centre section and having a number of wires shot through.

His last flight with the squadron was on 2nd February 1918 when he was shot down, his patrol mates seeing him go down over the Austrian lines. The patrol was attacked by three Albatros DIIIs, and Gore was seen pulling out of a spin at 7000 ft to the West of St. Vito. It was initially thought that he had been killed in the engagement, or shortly after had died of wounds, and that he was buried at Portobuffole. In fact he had been wounded in the engagement and taken to hospital, and the Austrians dropped a message over allied lines informing the Royal Flying Corps that he was alive.

He was interned at a prisoner of war camp near Salzerbad in Austria. When Austria collapsed in October 1918 Gore made his way back to Italy, crossing the Adriatic Sea on the casing of an Italian submarine and arriving back with 66 Squadron on 18th November. However, the deprivations of his time in the POW camp resulted in his hospitalisation

Dassie sailed on the SS Ulysses for Australia on 18th January 1919, and on his return to Goondiwindi he and Ella were married.

They purchased a citrus orchard at Mapleton, Queensland, and it was here that their first child was born in the following year.

In 1921 there was a severe flood in Goondiwindi, and while Fred Gore was involved in flood control he suffered a heart attack, and died. St George had been running the firm with his father, so Dassie sold the Orchard at Mapleton and returned to Goondiwindi to help his brother run the business, which was sold in the late 1940s. During World War Two Dassie joined the Australian Army, and was employed on local liaison and recruiting duties. He may also have had some unspecified involvement with the Directorate of Military Intelligence. He was very active in the local community, being involved with starting the Boy Scout troop in Goondiwindi. Dassie also served on the Town and Church Councils, organised and led the Anzac Day marches through Goondiwindi and continued to be interested in ex-servicemen's affairs through the formation and continued support of the local branch of the Returned Servicemen's League, and later the State Legacy ⁽⁸⁾. He was also very interested in horses, and was an able horseman. He was one of the founders of the local Polo Club, and also later helped to re-form it. Dassie continued to work as a property valuer in semi-retirement, and was known for his great sense of humour.

Frederick Dundas Corbet Gore died on 22 October 1964.