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VAN GEMERT, Jacobus Cristtoffel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5894 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 July 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rotterdam, Holland, 1884 |
| Home Town: | West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Seaman |
| Died: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 14 January 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, New South Wales |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5894, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5894, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5894, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5894, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left ankle. Embarked HS Panama for England on 19 May 1917 | |
| 26 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5894, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed | |
| 24 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5894, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gassing |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Jan Van Gemert and Christina Marie Van Gemert of Rotterdam, Holland.
Next of kin given as his wife Nellie Van Gemert of Edens Place, West Melbourne, Victoria.
Commenced return to Australia on 22 December 1918 aboard HT Bakara disembarking on 17 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal