MONTEFIORE, Gilbert Barrow
| Service Number: | 14271 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 300th Company Mechanical Transport |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1917: | Involvement 14271, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Embarked 14271, 300th Company Mechanical Transport, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne |
Gilbert Vita Barrow Montefiore
Born Woollahra, NSW in 1887, Gilbert was the son of George Frederick Barrow Montefiore (1850-1889) and Dorothy Frances (Dora) nee Fuller (1851-1933). George, Gilbert's father had died at sea when Gilbert was aged 5 or 6. His mother was a notable suffragist, socialist, poet and biographer.
By 1910 Gilbert had become an engineer and had settled in Sidney; around 1912 he married Dora Jean Allan and they went on to have 4 children together.
In 1917 Gilbert enlisted and his enlistment details were:
Service Number: 14271
Rank: Mechanical Transport Driver
Roll title: 9 ASC 17 Divisional Supply Column 300 Company (MT [Mechanical Transport]) - 14 to 16 and Monthly Rei
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 10 May 1917
Place of embarkation: Melbourne
Ship embarked on: HMAT Clan McGillivray A46.
During his service in the Australian Imperial Force Gilbert was severely gassed although he wasn't discharged from military service until 1 Jul 1919. Less than two years later, on 18 Jun 1921, Gilbert died.
Subsequently it appears that members of the family changed their names to Montrose (it is suggested that this was due to anti-Semitism). Gilbert's widow Dora Jean Allan (Montefiore) Montrose died 10 April 1941
Submitted 2 December 2016 by Christina Perera