Gustav ZARTH

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Service Number:	5906
Enlisted:	13 June 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 20 March 1885
Home Town:	Oakleigh South, Monash, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Motorman
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, February 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Methodist area, Compartment H, Section 7, Grave 15. Interred on 15 February 1955
Memorials:	Oakleigh Dunstan Lodge MUIOOF Honor Roll, Oakleigh Roll of Honour

13 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5906, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5906, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5906, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5906, 23rd Infantry Battalion
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5906, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Multiple wounds. Embarked HS St. Andrew for England on 6 October 1917
21 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5906, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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Son of Rheinhold Zarth and Charlotte Zarth nee Rockow of Hobart, Tasmania.

Husband of Nellie Zarth of 'Clyde', Darling Street, South Oakleigh, Victoria. Father of Thelma Zarth

Commenced return to Australia as wounded on 30 January 1918 aboard HT Euripides disembarking on 21 March 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal