Lyle Ernest GILBERT

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GILBERT, Lyle Ernest

Service Number:	2157
Enlisted:	13 January 1916
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, 1 December 1892
Home Town:	Tumut, Tumut Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Boys High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 21 August 1918, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 25.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers KIA Honour Roll, Parramatta NSW Public School Teachers Who Served Abroard Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2157, 55th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2157, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2157, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
21 Aug 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2157, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2157 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-21

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Lyle Gilbert before enlisting was teaching at Nimmitabel NSW, and enlisted with the men in the march from the Snowy River in January, 1916.

He was killed when hit by shrapnel from shellfire in a trench near Proyart in France. His brother 4791 Private Leslie Edward Gilbert was severely wounded in Belgium during 1917 and was returned to Australia medically unfit.

They were the sons of Thomas Aaron Gilbert and the late Mrs. Catherine Gilbert, of Tumut, New South Wales.

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