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GUSTAFSON, Gustav Albin
Service Numbers: | 5710, 5709 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
Born: | Hjo, Sweden, 9 June 1877 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Marine Fireman |
Died: | Died of Wounds, Boulogne, France, 4 September 1916, aged 39 years |
Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 12A |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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20 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5710, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
20 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5710, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
Date unknown: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5709, 14th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières |
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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
"THE LATE SAPPER G. A. GUSTAFSON
Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell, of Clifton street, Maylands, have been notified that Sapper G. A. Gustafson died on September 4 from wounds received in action in France. Prior to enlisting he was in the Government service on the Poompoota irrigation works." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 20 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)