BRANSON, Gilbert Alex
| Service Number: | SX5711 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1940, South Plympton, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kapunda, South Australia, 28 December 1908 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jun 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, SX5711, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted South Plympton, South Australia | |
| 18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX5711, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Sep 1946: | Discharged | |
| 25 Sep 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, SX5711, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Father Walter Charles BRANSON (b. 9/2/1879 Penrice, near Angaston, SA) and
Mother Mary Ellen Branson (nee Locking) (b. 26/12/1878, Truro, Angaston, SA).
8 Siblings:
Sister Gweneth Isabell OSBORN (nee BRANSON) (b. 18/11/1902 Truro, SA - d. ___)
Sister Nellie May STONE (nee BRANSON) (b. 3/1/1905 Truro, SA - d. ____)
Brother Ronald Arthur BRANSON (b. 10/11/1906 Adelaide, SA - d. ____)
Himself Gilbert Alex BRANSON
Brother Reginald Howard BRANSON (b. 30/10/1911 Willunga, SA - d. ____)
Brother John Stephen BRANSON (b. 21/9/1913 Willunga, SA - d. ____)
Sister Lorna Olive BRANSON (b. 20/7/1915 Willunga, SA - d. ____)
Brother Colin Walter BRANSON (b. 17/9/1919 Willunga, SA - d. ___)
Sister Jean BRANSON (b. 25/6/1922 Willunga, SA - d. ____)
18/6/1940 Enlisted in South Plympton, South Australia
(later signing up in Adelaide SA)
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as has not yet been scanned for viewing.*****
25/9/1946 Discharged from service in AIF
as a Lieutenant in 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion
1935 Gilbert married Heather Jean Branson, 26 years old (nee Tydeman)
(b. 29/4/1912 Strathalbyn, SA)
Children: daughter ______ BRANSON
son John Gilbert BRANSON
1972 Gilbert passed away
buried in:
On behalf of John Gilbert Branson, son of Gilbert Alex Branson.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 3/6/2015. Lest we forget.
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