ANSCHAU, Gilbert Goldie
| Service Number: | 244 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | University School, Tamworth, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 244, 1st Field Ambulance | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 244, Field Ambulance Invalided home April, 1916 | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 244, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 244, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Promoted Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 244, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 244 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gilbert Goldie ANSCHAU was born in Lismore, New South Wales in 1887
His parents were John ANSCHAU & Ruth JONES who married in Lismore in 1885
He enlisted on 16th September, 1914 with the 1st Field Ambulance and embarked on 19th October, 1914 - he was invalided home in April, 1916 due to illness and after recovery he left Sydney on the HMAT Ceramic on 7th October, 1916
Gilbert was Killed in Action in France on 5th May, 1917 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
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His brother Cecil Edwin ANSCHAU (SN 2900) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
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