Robert James GAMBLE

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GAMBLE, Robert James

Service Number:	6055
Enlisted:	9 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Benalla, Victoria. Australia, 29 April 1884
Home Town:	Culcairn, Greater Hume Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Winton North State School
Occupation:	Building Contractor
Died:	Killed in action, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Birr Cross Roads Cemetery Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 2. TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WE LOVE IS NOT TO DIE
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benalla War Memorial, Culcairn & District Great War Roll of Honor, Culcairn War Memorial, Mildura Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

9 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion
9 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6055, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
31 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6055, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Robert James Gamble was killed in action, also at Passchendaele, on 8 October 1917. Jim Gamble, age 34, of the 24th Battalion was killed with several other men when blown to pieces by a German “coal box” shell.

His younger brother Clemence Henry Gamble of the 5th Battalion had been killed in action 4 days before, 4 October 1917.

A third brother, Sergeant Harvey Lewis Gamble was safely returned to Australia. Harvey was discharged before the end of the war as a result of a petition from the people of the Winton/Benalla district following the deaths of his two brothers in the same week in October 1917.

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