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IRELAND, Gilbert Row
| Service Number: | 62321 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements |
| Born: | Wokurna, South Australia, 29 May 1899 |
| Home Town: | Port Broughton, Barunga West, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Hindmarsh Island, South Australia, 19 April 1960, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Victor Harbor General Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Port Broughton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 62321, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Aug 1918: | Embarked Private, 62321, 1st to 6th (SA) Reinforcements, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 62321 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by tony griffin
Gilbert Ireland was the son of John and Sarah Ann (nee Overall) Ireland of Barunga North. John and Sarah objected to 19 year old Gilbert’s enlistment but the Executive of the State Recruiting Committee decided that the enlistment must stand.
Gilbert was born at Wokurna on 29 May 1899. A farmer, he was 19 years old when he enlisted at Port Broughton on 18 June 1918. Gilbert was appointed to 5th Reinforcements “S” UK which entrained to Melbourne and embarked aboard HMAT A37 “Baramah” on 31 August 1918. Gilbert never made it to the front because the war had ended before he was allotted to 27 Battalion on 14 November 1919
Gilbert embarked for Australia aboard SS “Konigin Luise” on 18 December 1919 and disembarked in Adelaide on 2 February 1920. He was discharged on 26 February 1920.