Sydney Thomas Gordon GUBBINS

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GUBBINS, Sydney Thomas Gordon

Service Numbers:	39222, SX24723, S47504
Enlisted:	3 April 1917
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Broken Hill, NSW, 20 January 1897
Home Town:	Warradale, Marion, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	19 October 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls
Memorials:	Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department HR, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

3 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 39222
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 39222, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 39222, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, "The Last Hundred Days"

World War 2 Service

22 Sep 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX24723
22 Sep 1942:	Involvement Lieutenant, S47504
22 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Hindmarsh, SA
22 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX24723
25 Jun 1945:	Discharged
25 Jun 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX24723
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography

Born 20 January 1897 in Broken Hill, NSW, the son of James and Harriett Jane GUBBINS
who are the time of his enlistment were resident at 62 Winchester Street, Malvern, SA

Enlisted 03 April 1917 at Unley, SA
Served in Egypt and France with 104th Field Battery of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Returned to Australia 07 May 1919 aboard the 'Kildonian Castle'

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