GAMBLE, William John
| Service Number: | 2134 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1943, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Age 54. ANGLICAN 3-166. 28. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2134, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2134, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2134, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
Vietnam War Service
| 15 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 2134, 31st Infantry Battalion, Seriously wounded 21/7/1916 Fromelles, GSW shoulder |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell
“I Once was Lost, but Now am Found”.
76 years ago today, on the Monday afternoon of the 27th December 1943, Private William John Gamble, 31st Battalion, labourer from Bourke Street, Carrington, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. ANGLICAN 3-166. 28.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133425649
Born at Cooks Hill, New South Wales about 1889 to William John and Kate Gamble, William enlisted September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 20.7.1916 (GSW right shoulder, Battle of Fromelles), William returned home May 1919.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133881177
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139436267
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162562435
Mr Gamble’s name has been inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 27th July 1918, name inscribed second row, 5th from btm, installed at the Newcastle Interchange, N.S.W., August 2017).
For 74 years Mr Gamble had been resting in an unmarked grave, so I placed a cross adorned with poppies July 2017 on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip submitted January 2019, and was accepted February 2019, completed July 2019.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=428193#4
Younger brother Alexander Samuel (Reg No-83, 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital and 35th Battalion) also resting at the cemetery in an unmarked grave, has been officially commemorated with a Plaque at the Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Still waiting for Alexander’s gravesite to be officially commemorated.
Lest We Forget.
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