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MONKS, William Gladstone

Service Number:	1
Enlisted:	16 August 1914
Last Rank:	Staff Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born:	Launceston,Tasmania, Australia, 4 November 1887
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Military Staff Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 1, 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement 1, 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked 1, 2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
8 May 1915:	Involvement 1, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Infantry Brigade awm_rank: S/Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-08

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