James Walter Dundas GALE

GALE, James Walter Dundas

    Service Number: 22301
    Enlisted: 18 January 1916
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 7th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Goombargona, New South Wales Australia , 1895
    Home Town: Myrtleford, Alpine, Victoria
    Schooling: Buffalo River South
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium , 28 September 1917
    Cemetery: The Huts Cemetery, ​Dickebusch, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrtleford Buffalo River South State School No 3454, Myrtleford War Memorial, Oxley War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    18 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 22301, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade
    20 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 22301, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    20 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 22301, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
    28 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 22301, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 22301 awm_unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-09-28

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    Biography contributed

    James Walter Dundas GALE was born in Goombargona, NSW in 1895

    His parents were Angus GALE & Anne Margaret DUNDAS who married in Victoria in 1894

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    His brother Aubrey Francis GALE (SN 2832) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919 - he also served as a Lieutenant (SN V45264) in the 59th Battalion during WW2 and was discharged on 24th August, 1942

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