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WISE, Gilbert Alfred Norman
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2511 |
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Enlisted: | 1 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1890 |
Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Blayney Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 June 1916, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot 1, Row E, Grave 2 Rev. B.C. Wilson officiated. Headstone may also carry the inscription "Our Hero'" 'He gave his life that we might live', Rue-David Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
1 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2511, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2511, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2511, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
2 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2511, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
25 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2511, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
2 September 1915 - taken on strength 3 Battalion
25 September 1915 - to hospital with Colitis
22 March 1916 - Embarked at Alexandria for overseas
28 March 1916 - Disembarked from Grampian at Marseilles
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal