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GAUKROGER, John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 73 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 November 1915, Tingha, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Ordnance Corps |
| Born: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 17 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tingha, Guyra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Natural causes, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1978, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 73, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Tingha, New South Wales | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Embarked 73, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 4 May 1916: | Involvement 73, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 33rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Australian Army Ordnance Corps | |
| 23 Sep 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 73, HT Ascanius, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 10 November 1919 | |
| 3 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 73, Australian Army Ordnance Corps |
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