GUBBAY, Joseph Manasseh
Service Number: | 2308 |
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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: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Salesman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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.