Leofwyn Ewart Gladstone (Leo) GAMBLE

GAMBLE, Leofwyn Ewart Gladstone

Service Number: 421
Enlisted: 8 May 1916, Enlisted Rockhampton, Queensland. 5'11.5", 10 stone 12 pounds, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Next of Kin - Marianne Gamble, Prahran, Victoria.
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 21st Machine Gun Company
Born: Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town: Kinglake, Murrindindi, Victoria
Occupation: farmer
Died: Died suddenly, Rosanna, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1972
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Cremated ashes scattered.

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World War 1 Service

8 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 11th Depot Battalion, Enlisted Rockhampton, Queensland. 5'11.5", 10 stone 12 pounds, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Next of Kin - Marianne Gamble, Prahran, Victoria.
20 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 421, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
20 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 421, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
5 Dec 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 421, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses A38 from Sierra Leone, African west coast, disembarking Devonport, Devon, England, on 28 December, 1916.
26 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, 21st Machine Gun Company , Taken on strength of 21st Machine Gun Company from Reinforcements 25th Machine Gun Company.
27 May 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Machine Gun Company
23 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 21st Machine Gun Company , Embarked Southampton, per HMAT A29 Suevic. Disembarked Melbourne 10 September, 1919. Received British War and Victory Medals.
25 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 21st Machine Gun Company , Awarded the British War and Victory medals.

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