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GAY, Beaumont Colbey
| Service Numbers: | 6085, 6084 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, 24 November 1876 |
| Home Town: | Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Employee |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 9 December 1955, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board, North Adelaide Public School Roll of Honor, Prospect Roll of Honour A-G WWI Board, Prospect St Cuthbert's Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6085, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6084, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, 17th Reinforcements 27th Bn Embarked HMAT Afric | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6084, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6084, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Nov 1916: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 6084, 27th Infantry Battalion, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: |
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| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6084, 27th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW to the neck - Gun Shot Wound / alternatively General Shrapnel Wound from a shrapnel ball. Effect is very similar to a bullet wound | |
| 1 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit arising from wounds |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kathleen Emms
Beaumont Colbey GAY was the fifth child and fourth son of Mary Watts (COLBEY) and Archibald GAY who was born in Adelaide.
He married Alice GRAY at Broken Hill 15 July 1899 and had 5 living children when he enlisted, despite stating he had 4 children.
He was employed by the SA Railways as a pointsman (operating points and/or switches).
He had a serious gunshot wound to the neck in France, 4th October, 1917 and was evacuated to the First General Hospital, Cambridge, England. He was declared medically unfit for further service and returned to Australia, 1918.
He resumed employment with SA Railways.
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