Geoffrey GLADSTONES

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Service Number:	1074
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Talbot, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling:	University High School, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Accountancy student
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 29 September 1917
Cemetery:	Oxford Road Cemetery, Belgium Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7
Memorials:	Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1074, 30th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 1074, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 1074, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
29 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1074, 30th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood

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1074 Lance Corporal Geoffrey Gladstones, 30th Battalion was from Williamstown, Victoria.

A 22 year old clerk prior to enlistment on 7 July 1915, he embarked for overseas with A Company from Sydney on 9 November 1915 aboard HMAT Beltana.

He was killed in action at Polygon Wood, Belgium on 29 September 1917 and is buried in the Oxford Road Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

Source: AWM