GALE, Edwin James
| Service Number: | 881 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Port Pirie, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yacka, South Australia, 8 February 1888 |
| Home Town: | Yacka, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Watts Range Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 21 October 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery V C 5 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yacka Roll of Honor, Yacka WWI Honour Board, Yacka War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 881, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Port Pirie, South Australia | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 881, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 881, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 21 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 881, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Elizabeth and the late Henry Gale, of Yacka, South Australia.
HIS DUTY DONE
Private E. J. (Jim) GALE was born at Yacka on February 8, 1888, and received his education at Watts Range public school. He enlisted on March 15, 1916, and left for England on June 9 of the same year with the 43rd Battalion. When his battalion went to France in November last he was left behind in hospital, ill, but on recovering he rejoined his unit in January of this year, and had been in the trenches from then till October 21, when he received the wound which proved fatal. For 14 years prior to enlisting Private Gale had been employed on the farm of Mr. T. J. Harvey, at Yacka.
Biography contributed by Wayne Eberhard
Private Edwin James (Jim) Gale was born at Yacka on 08/08/1888. Yacka is a small farming community on the banks of the Broughton River approximately 30 minutes north of Clare in South Australia. He was one of fourteen children born to Henry and Elizabeth Gale. He was educated at the Watts Range Public School and prior to enlisting in the AIF he worked on the farm of Mr TJ Harvey at Yacka. He enlisted on 22/02/1916 and left Outer Harbour on 09/06/1916 aboard HMAT A19 Afric as part of D Coy 43rd Battalion.
Just prior to the 43rd Battalion leaving for France in November 1916, Jim fell ill (probably mumps or measles). He rejoined his unit on 18/01/1917 and remained in the trenches until receiving a gunshot wound to his thigh, hand, buttock and abdomen on 20/10/1917 in the Third Ypres battle. He died on 21/10/1917 at the 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station aged 29. Jim was single. He is buried at the Nine Elms British Cemetery.
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