Cyril Norman GAMLEN

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GAMLEN, Cyril Norman

Service Number:	2770
Enlisted:	27 May 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Donald, Vic., 1894
Home Town:	Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Boilermaker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 28 April 1918
Cemetery:	Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France I B 13
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Torrens Rowing Club Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District No 12 M.U.I.O.O.F. Great War Roll of Honor, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2770, 10th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, SA
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2770, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2770, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
28 Apr 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2770, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2770 awm_unit: 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-28
Date unknown:	Wounded 2770, 10th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Robert and Rhoda Sarah GAMLEN, Justin Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales

IN MEMORY OF THE BELOVED SON OF R. & J. GAMLEN OF BROKEN HILL AGED 24

Mr. R. Gamlen, of the Municipal Council staff, today received word from the Base Records office, Melbourne, to the effect that his son, Lance-Corporal Cyril Gamlen, had been wounded. Lance-Corporal Gamlen enlisted in Adelaide early in 1915. He was prior to enlisting, employed as a boilermaker in the Union Engineering Company's workshops at Adelaide.

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gamlen received word on Saturday that their only son, Bomb. C. N. Gamlen, died of wounds on 28th April last. Mr. Gamlen is the local Health Officer at Cootamundra.

Sunshine passes, shadows fall...... Love's remembrance outlives all - Inserted b his true friend, Doris Miller, Edwardstown.

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