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ZEVENBOOM, Gerritt
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 347 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shrapnel wounds to the head, shoulder and foot, Base Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 December 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian J 30. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 347, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 347, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 347, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 27 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 347, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the head, should and foot and invalided to Alexandria on 30 August 1915. Transferred to Cairo on 1 October 1915 then invalided to Australia on 4 November 1915 | |
| 26 Dec 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 347, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 347 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-12-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Dorus Marinus Zevenboom and Margaret Zevenboom nee Graham of Evalina Road, Toorak, Victoria. Brother of Dora Isabel Zevenboom, John George Zevenboom, Susan Bray Zevenboom and Josine Zevenboom
4 November 1915 - commenced return to Australia for discharge on board HS Karoola with multiple shrapnel wounds to the head, left shoulder and foot disembarking on 4 December 1915
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal