DRABSCH, Gustav Heinrich
| Service Number: | 1260 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Mt Pleasant, South Australia,, 3 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mount Pleasant, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mt Pleasant School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mannum, South Australia, 17 December 1984, aged 91 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mannum Cemetery, S.A. Wall of rememberance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1260, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 1260, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 31 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1260, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paula Bartsch
Enlisted 11 September 1914 at Morphettville, South Australia.
Promoted Lance Corporal 24 May 1915.
Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Peninsular.
Suffered gastritis and enteritis July 1915. Wounded 31 July 1915. Received gunshot wound right thigh with compound fracture femur 8 December 1915. Became dangerously ill for some weeks. Invalided to Alexandria.
Schrapnel wound 7 April 1916 at Abbassia. Compound fracture femur 11 May 1916 at Suez; dangerously ill.
Discharged 31 May 1917.
Returned to Australia per Kawona via Suez.
Commemorated on Mount Pleasant Soldiers' Memorial Hall Honor Board, Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church Honor Board and Mount Pleasant Anglican Church Honor Board.
Birthdate found in BDM as 26 September 1893 at Mount Pleasant, South Australia.
Welcome home held at Mount Pleasant Institute on December 23, 1917, together with a farewell to other local soldiers. A newspaper article mentions that Corporal H. Drabsch 'saw 18 days of firing (at Gallipoli)' A small momento was presented by the Intelligence Committee.
Biography
The "Drabsch" (Drabsh) has always been spelt incorrectly, just as it was written on his original enlistment papers incorretly.
He died 17/12/1984 at the age of 91yrs. He suffered all his life from his injuries he received while serving at Gallipoli. He never complained and got on with life. - Gavin John McCulloch
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