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GILBERT, Gordon Grant
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1655 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1915, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ipswich, Qld., 1 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | North Pine State School |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 September 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Citizens of Sandgate Honour Roll, North Pine State School Roll of Honour, Sandgate War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1655, 49th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1655, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1655, 49th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Gordon's parents were Arthur Herbert Gilbert and Harriet Mowlan. Gordon attended North Pine State School
his parents were living at North Pine prior to the war. He enlisted 29 October 1915, Brisbane and his occupation was a driver. Gordon had been one of a family of seven and the last of three brothers to enlist. The first was Horace [109] and Herbert [1650] was second. Gordon was killed in action on 3 September 1916, Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France.