GAMBLE, Robert James
| Service Number: | 6055 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Benalla, Victoria. Australia, 29 April 1884 |
| Home Town: | Winton, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Building Contractor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 October 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Birr Cross Roads Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Benalla War Memorial, Culcairn War Memorial, Mildura Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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