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GASTER, Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7010 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Peckham, Surrey, England, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wilson's (Camberwell) Grammar School, Surrey, England |
| Occupation: | Fire insurance surveyor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 23 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tourgeville Military Cemetery, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney St. James Anglican Church Roll of Honor WWI |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7010, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7010, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 28 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7010, joined the 18th Battalion then near Ville-sur-Ancre, Somme. | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7010, wounded (head, left shoulder, legs) in action during the 18th Battalion’s attack on the German front line near Joncourt, Aisne. | |
| 23 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7010, died of wounds at the 73rd British General Hospital at Trouville, Calvados. |
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