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PORTER, Gilbert Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2415 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Curramulka, South Australia, 29 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 March 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie III. K. 4. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minlaton Methodist Sunday School Pictorial Honor Roll, Minlaton War Memorial WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2415, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2415, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2415, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Itria, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heather Ernszt
Son of Andrew Biliney PORTER and Margaret Ritchie CLIFT
PORTER. —Killed in action in France, March 9, Private Gilbert Edward Porter. Sadly missed.
Farewell, dear Gilbert, my heart aches when I
breathe your name,
For in life I loved your very dear, in death I do
the same.
—Inserted by his sorrowing cousin, Annie Lafsky.
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