George Robert GANDER

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GANDER, George Robert

Service Number:	6795
Enlisted:	9 February 1917
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1894
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	South Toowoomba State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Gas Fitter
Died:	Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 5 April 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba No. 3 Invincible Tent Independent Order of Rechabites, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

9 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6795, 26th Infantry Battalion
14 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 6795, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
14 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 6795, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
5 Apr 1918:	Involvement Private, 6795, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6795 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The son of William John and Jane Gander, of Toowoomba, Queensland. George Robert Gander was for four years before he enlisted a member of the Toowoomba Fire Brigade, and was entertained by his fellow firemen at the station before he left Australia, being presented with a pocket wallet and fountain pen. He was also a member of the local Salvation Army band.

George only joined the 52nd Battalion at the front on 18 February 1918, and was killed in action when the unit was defending the railway embankment at Dernancourt against an overwhelming German assault.

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