Joseph Manasseh GUBBAY

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GUBBAY, Joseph Manasseh

Service Number:	2308
Enlisted:	6 May 1916, Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, December 1888
Home Town:	Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Hamilton War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sydney The Great Synagogue Roll of Honour, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, Tighe's Hill Public School HR

World War 1 Service

6 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2308, 36th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2308, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2308, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Manasseh GUBBAY
Of Turner St. Hamilton, NSW

PRIVATE GUBBAY. - Mr. M. Gubbay, of Newcastle, has been officially notified that his son, Private Joseph M. Gubbay, was killed in action on June 8. Private Gubbay enlisted in May, 1916, and sailed on October 17. He was a past district president of the United Ancient Order of Druids, and for a considerable period prior to his enlistment he held the position of treasurer to Lodge Newcastle of that order, as well as secretary to the Royal Arch Chapter. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity, being attached to Lodge Fidelity, and was generally held in high esteem.

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