GAMBLING, George Ernest
| Service Number: | VX19938 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Victoria, Australia , 21 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 15 January 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX19938 | |
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| 30 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX19938, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Caulfield, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mari Walker
Son of Kenneth Robert Basil and Martha May Gambling, of Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
Private George Ernest Gambling enlisted at the end of May 1940 and initially served with the 2/2nd Australian Medium Regiment in Australia before joining the 2nd/21st Australian Infantry Battalion. In October 1941 he was admitted to hospital with appendicitis and later embarked for overseas service on 13 December 1941, disembarking a few days later in Ambon. He was listed as killed in action on 15 January 1942 at Ambon.
GAMBLING.—Private George Ernest Gambling (VX19.938), killed In action, Malaya, January 15. loved brother of Violet and Dolly, brother-in-law of Greg and Snow, uncle of Greg, Len, Kevin, dearest friend of Neata Ritson. R.l.P.
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