Martin Bernard GIMBERT

GIMBERT, Martin Bernard

Service Number: NX151367
Enlisted: 17 February 1943
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/5th Field Ambulance
Born: Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1916
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shearer
Died: Padstow, New South Wales, Australia, 24 January 1980, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales
Remembrance Garden, Rookwood NSW
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World War 2 Service

17 Feb 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX151367, 2nd/5th Field Ambulance
30 May 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX151367, 2nd/5th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Kerry Hockey

Martin Bernard Gimbert

 


Martin was born 20 June 1916 at Surrey Hills NSW, his parents were Alfred George & Catherine Anastasia Gimbert nee Brennan.

Martin was the seventh of nine children.

Martin married Joyce Gertrude Clarke in 1947 at Tamworth NSW.

Martin died 24 January 1980 at Padstow NSW & was placed in the Memorial Garden Rookwood Cemetery NSW

 


Enlisted—4/12/1941

Enlisted- Tamworth NSW

 


Martin enlisted in 14th Australian Field Regiment

Enlisted - Port Moresby New Guinea

Rank- Private

Service number-NX151367

Age 29 yrs & 3 mths

Date of enlistment-17th February 1943

Next of Kin - Alfred George Gimbert.

Occupation- Shearer

Served in New Guinea—25/6/1942—25/1/1944

Served in Borneo—25/5/1945–25/1/1946

Unit at Discharge—2/5 Aust. Fed. Amb.

 


*To see more of Martin’s War Record NAA (National Archives of Australia)

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