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ARNFIELD, George Gladstone
| Service Number: | 20037 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 13 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 22 April 1955, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 1, Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Kilburn Islington Railway Workshops Honour Roll, Port Adelaide S.A. Railways Carriage and Wagon Dept. Roll of Honor, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 20 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 20037, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 20037, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 20037 | |
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 20037, 8th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged From War due to Cessation of Hostilities |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
On the 13th of September in 1891, George Arnfield Gladstone was born in Semaphore South Australia. He had a father named George Arnfield and a mother named Bridget Helena Dineen. Gladstone had an older brother named Thomas Edward Gladstone born on the 20th of the same month in 1886. He also served in the First World War, but as a Driver for the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column.
George Gladstone enlisted in the AIF on the 10th of September 1915. He embarked overseas 20th May 1916 and served on the Western Front with the 8th Field Artillery Brigade.
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