GOSPER, Delmyr Gee
| Service Number: | 6559 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1916, Bathurst |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Meranburn, New South Wales, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Manildra, Cabonne, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gospers Downs Public School |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 11 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bathurst | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6559, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 28 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 63rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6559, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6559 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Delmyr Gee GOSPER was born in Meranburn, NSW in 1895
His parents were Archibald George GOSPER & Hannah BRADLEY who married in St Johns Church, Wilberforce, NSW on 13th December, 1869 - they had 12 children
He enlisted in Bathurst on 29th August, 1916 & embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Wiltshire on 7th February, 1917 with the 19th Infantry Battalion, 19th Reinforcements
Delmyr was Killed in Action in Passchendaele, Belgium on 11th October, 1917 - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
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His brother Vincent James GOSPER (SN 2182) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919 - he was awarded a DCM
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