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GUNNELSON, Percy Oscar
Personal Details
Service Number: | 893 |
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Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Narnargoon, Victoria, Australia, 1894 |
Home Town: | Garfield, Cardinia, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Shooter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunyip War Memorial, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 893, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 893, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ingebret and Mary Gunnelson of Garfield, Victoria. Brother of Ingebert Thomas who was killed in action on 4 October 1917 while serving with the 37th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on Menin Gate, Ypres
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal