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Lloyd George Gimbert


When Lloyd George Gimbert was born on 24 July 1917, in Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, his father, George Alfred Ernest Gimbert, was 31 and his mother, Eileen Leen Symington, was 25. He married Norma Jean Young on 14 November 1945, in Islington, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 27 March 1983, in Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 65, and was buried in Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia.

Regimental number- NX858
Religion-Church of England
Occupation-Motor Driver
Marital status-single
Unit-8th Division Signals
Rank-Signaller
Overseas area of service-Malaya
Age at Enlistment- 28 yrs 4 mths.
Next of kin- Mother Eileen Gimbert
Enlistment date- 24 March 1941 at Park Road, Paddington, NSW
Rank-Signaller
Unit name at Discharge-2/18 Australian I
Embarkment Unit details-24/7/1941 Malaya
Taken on strength-2/18th Battalion
Missing-7/4/1942 Malaya
Unit at Discharge-5th Division Signals
Full time service-3/4/1941 to 12/12/1945
Fate- Returned to Australia
Prisoner of War-Yes -Changi Singapore- Keijo
Recovered from Japanese at Konan Prisoner of war camp Korea 10/9/1945