Joseph Arthur GILBERT

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Service Number:	1743
Enlisted:	11 January 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Leonards, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	St Leonards, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 11 August 1916
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Plot XXV, Row F, Grave No. 4. Exhumed from original grave in 1930 and re-interred., Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Leonards Great War Honor Roll, Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

11 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 14th Infantry Battalion
20 Mar 1915:	Involvement Private, 1743, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Mar 1915:	Embarked Private, 1743, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1743, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
11 Aug 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1743, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1743 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-11
11 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1743, 14th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm

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