Gilbert Fraser UMFREVILLE

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UMFREVILLE, Gilbert Fraser

Service Number:	1146
Enlisted:	21 October 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Remount Unit (AIF)
Born:	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 22 January 1875
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storekeeper
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 January 1955, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Derwent Gardens, Australian Imperial Force Arch, 2 South, Number 5C. Interred on 7 January 1955
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World War 1 Service

21 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1146, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
1 Nov 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Promoted prior to embarking
12 Nov 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1146, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
12 Nov 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1146, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
13 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1146, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Discharged at the 6th Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Edwin Umfreville and Frances Umfreville nee Fraser of Birmingham, England

Husband of May Louisa Umfreville nee McCulloch of The Grove, Juon Road, Tasmania. Gilbert and May married during 1904c in Tasmania.

Previously served in the Boer War with the 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse with the service number 361 with rank of Private and with No. 1 Troop-Hobart.

Returned to Australia on 23 November 1918 aboard HT Devon disembarking at Melbourne for onward travel to Tasmania

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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