Clifford Gladstone GENTLE

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GENTLE, Clifford Gladstone

Service Number:	18458
Enlisted:	16 November 1915, Victoria Barracks, Sydney
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	7th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 18 November 1891
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Superior Public School, Armidale
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Ploegsteert, Belgium, 5 June 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot IV, Row A, Grave 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18458, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Victoria Barracks, Sydney
11 May 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 18458, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked Gunner, 18458, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Clifford Gladstone GENTLE was born in Armidale, NSW on 18th November, 1891

His parents were Charles GENTLE & Harriet LONG

He enlisted in Sydney on 16th November, 1915 & embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Argyllshire on 11th May 1916 with the 7th Field Artillery Brigade

Clifford was Killed in Action at Ploegsteert in Belgium on 5th June, 1917 and is buried in the Strand Military Cemetery

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