George Joseph GENTLE

George Joseph GENTLE Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	6902
Enlisted:	5 June 1917, Nyngan, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 12 November 1899
Home Town:	Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 13 July 1918, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Jun 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6902, 20th Infantry Battalion, Nyngan, New South Wales
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6902, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
13 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6902, 20th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front"

Help us honour George Joseph Gentle's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

George Joseph GENTLE was born in Armidale, New South Wales in 1899

His parents were Thomas GENTLE and Rose DALY who married in 1896