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GANDER, George Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6795 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 8 December 1895 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Gas Fitter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, aged 22 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 (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
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: '' | |
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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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