Benhart Alfred (Ben) GABEL

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GABEL, Benhart Alfred

Service Number:	1273
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Greenock, South Australia, 5 April 1893
Home Town:	Angaston, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Barossa Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Grave lost - Buried at the junction of Monash Gully and Shrapnel Valley
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Angaston Congregational Church WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston District WW1 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1273, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1273, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1273, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1273, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli

Ben

My name is Emily Hicks and because of Ben and his family I won a trip to Gallipoli through the ANZAC Spirit School Prize South Australia. It was the most wonderful opportunity and I actually walked in the steps of Ben when I went hiking up to where he would have died in Shrapnel and Monash Gully.

Submitted 25 May 2015 by Emily Hicks

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Biography

Subject of a 2015 Premier's ANZAC Spirit Prize winning entry - see link.

Name misspelt on the embarkation roll as Benhardt.

Was known as Ben

Awarded:

1914/15 Star:14820

British War Medal: 7084

Vicory Medal: 7058

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