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EDDINGTON, Gilbert O'Connor

Service Number:	32394
Enlisted:	26 August 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 8,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Battery Point St George's Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 32394, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Claremont, Tas.
14 Feb 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 32394, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 32394, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
18 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Belgium
1 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 32394, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 32394 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-01

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