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: | Tighes Hill Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 8 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), 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 | |
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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.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 8th June 1917, Private Joseph Manasseh Gubbay, 36th Battalion (Reg No-2308), salesman from 3 Turner Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Messines, age 28. Cause of death unknown.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales about 1889 to Manasseh Snr (died 23.7.1925, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 62) from Lambton Road, New Lambton, N.S.W. and Ferry Wharf, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 19 Blackall Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., and Semha Gubbay (Sophie, died 11.10.1904, Sydney, N.S.W., age 50), Joe enlisted on the 6th May 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Joe’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium. Originally a Memorial Cross erected at the Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 6 Row B.
Place of Association – Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Gubbay’s name has also been inscribed on the Great Synagogue Roll of Honour Book, The Great Synagogue World War 1 Roll of Honour, Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor as GULBRAY, Tighes Hill Public School Honor Roll, Newcastle Masonic Lodge (Fidelity No. 163) Roll of Honor, Lambton Hand of Freedom Lodge, U.A.O. Druids, Roll of Honour and Board, Newcastle Lodge No. 423 or 425 Ancient Order of Druids Roll of Honour and the Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial.
There is no memorial inscription on the headstone for father Manasseh to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of Joe’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. JEWISH-01. 27.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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