TEMPLE, Gerald Cecil
| Service Number: | 2654 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 1899 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Axeman |
| Died: | Illness, Perth, Western Australia, 27 December 1949 |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens , Wall M, 0118 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2654, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Fremantle, Western Australia | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 2654, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 2654, 10th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Morea, Fremantle | |
| 10 Oct 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2654, 10th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gerald Cecil TEMPLE was born in Bunbury, Western Australia in 1899 as Francis Stuart TEMPLE - he stated in his enlistment papers that he was born in Castlemaine and was 21 when he was actually underage at the time
His parents were Alfred Douglas TEMPLE & Rebecca Agnes PROPERJOHN
He enlisted in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8th March, 1916 and embarked with the 10th Light Horse Regiment, 18th reinforcements on the RMS Morea on 6th June, 1916
He returned to Australia on the ship HT Delta, embarking for Australia on 2nd August, 1919 and was discharged from the Army on 10th October, 1919
Gerald married Rita Marie Josine SABELBERG in Perth, WA in 1921 and had two children, Kingsley & Verna
Gerald died on 27th December, 1949 in Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia aged 51 years & was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery
His death notices in the newspaper list him under Gerald Cecil and also under his real name of Francis Stuart TEMPLE (nickname Jerry) - they were submitted by his birth family, no doubt to set the record straight on who he really was
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