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GILBERT, Ernest Spurgeon

Service Number:	7748
Enlisted:	24 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1
Born:	Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, April 1893
Home Town:	Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shop Assistant
Died:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 4 January 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:	Newcastle Congregational Church, Newcastle W Winn & Co Ltd Roll of Honor, Stockton Soldiers Memorial, W Winn & Co's War Heroes Pictorial HR

World War 1 Service

24 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7748, 1st Australian General Hospital
14 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 7748, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
14 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 7748, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
21 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1
2 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7748, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital - WW1, 2nd MD
Date unknown:	Embarked Private, 7748, 1st Australian General Hospital
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, 7748, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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