Edward Herbert Ernest GAWTHORPE

GAWTHORPE, Edward Herbert Ernest

    Service Number: 2134
    Enlisted: 13 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1872
    Home Town: Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
    Schooling: Newtown Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Tuckpointer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
    Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
    Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 33 Headstone inscription reads: For King & Country he gave his life, a hero in the deadly strife, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    13 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    16 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2134, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2134, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Gawthorpe

    Husband of Emily Mary Gawthorpe nee Stanton of 'Kia-ora', Beckenham Street, Canley Vale, NSW formerly of Bay Street, Rockdale, NSW.Edward and Emily married in 1897c in the Newtown District

    Father of Charles Edward Gawthorpe and Ernest Alfred Gawthorpe

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    * A Tuckpointer is person who uses  two contrasting colours of mortar in mortar joints in brickwork

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