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GAMBLE, Thomas Augustine
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4495 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woolloongabba, Queensland, 18 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Southbrook, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Woodford State School |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 21 August 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4495, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 21 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4495, 9th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
GAMBLE.—In sad but loving remembrance of our dear son and brother, Private Thomas Augustine (Gus) Gamble, who was killed in actlon at Mouquet Farm, France, on August 21, 1916.
Inserted by his sorrowing parents, sisters, and brothers.
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