George Gordon GILBERT

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Service Number:	2374
Enlisted:	28 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Small Heath, Birmingham, England, October 1897
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Small Heath Technical School, Birmingham, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918
Cemetery:	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 37. HE HAS COMFORTED OUR SORROWS AND WAS FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

28 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2374, 5th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2374, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2374, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne

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