FERRETT, Gabriel Alphonse
| Service Number: | 4776 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | 16 August 1935, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Manly General Cemetery, NSW Plot Y148 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4776, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4776, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney |
Gabriel Ferrett
Gabriel was my great grandfather Marieus's brother. Marieus had a daughter named Zellie who was my grandmother. As a child I heard many stories and am very I am interested in collecting as much info as I can for my daughters to keep.
Maxine
Submitted 23 April 2015 by Maxine Licence
Uncle Gabriel Ferrett service no4776
I have wonderful memories of my mothers fondness for her favourite Uncle Gabriel she remembers seeing him walking up the street when he arrived home ,she said she got such a shock when she saw that he only had one leg ,he had lost it and that was the reason he had been discharged. Uncle Gabe as he was known was my Grandfathers brother and I never knew him I would have been delighted to have known him but still feel very proud that he was my Great Uncle.Anne Harwood.
Submitted 23 April 2015 by Anne Harwood
Biography contributed
Gabriel Ferrett was born at Manly in 1887, son of Leon Ferrett, who kept the Ladies' Baths. He was a fisherman prior to enlisting. He enlisted on 26 August 1915, aged 29. He served with the 54th Battalion at Fleurbaix, where he was wounded by shellfire and taken prisoner of war. He was later exchanged, and had his leg amputated. He was discharged on 16 July 1917 and returned to Australia by Hospital Ship no 2.
Army records have his middle name as 'Alphouse'.
He married Gladys M Taylor at Manly in 1920. Manly Daily 15 September 1917 reported that Gabriel Ferret, recently repatriated, had lost a leg when on observation duty in a trench recaptured from the Germans. He operated a fishmonger's business on Manly Wharf. He lived at 'Lorraine', Dudley Street. He died on 16 August 1935, and was buried at Manly Cemetery Plot Y148.
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