John Frederick GILBERT

GILBERT, John Frederick

    Service Number: 258
    Enlisted: 21 September 1914, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bundarra, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
    Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
    Schooling: Bundarra Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundarra WWI War Memorial, Inverell Kurrajong Parade Avenue of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    21 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 258, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Rosehill, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 258, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 258, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was 38 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, NSW

    Son of John and Annie Glbert of Inverell, NSW

    Next of kin given as his sister Amy Gilbert(later known as Amy Wilton) of Inverell, NSW also brother of Ina Garrett nee Gilbert of 8 Auburn Raod, Lidcombe, NSW

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

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