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UBANK, Samuel Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 994 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pie Creek, Gympie, Queensland, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Pie Creek Public School, Gympie, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Warneton, Belgium, 27 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 25, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Goomboorian Mooloo District Roll of Honour, Goomboorian Pie Creek Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates, Kandanga Cemetery Memorial, Kandanga War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 994, 41st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 994, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 994, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert and Alberta Ubank of Pie Creek, Gympie, QLD; brother of Edward James Ubank who returned to Australia on 12 May 1918 having served with the 11th Field Artillery.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal