STEPHEN, Gilbert Theodore Haxle
| Service Number: | 7564 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 May 1917, Horsham |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ramahyuck Aboriginal Mission, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ramahyuck Mission School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Pneumonia & Bronchitis, 11th Australian General Hospital, Victoria, Australia, 14 September 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Presbyterian N 111, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Borough of Hamilton Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7564, 5th Infantry Battalion, Horsham | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7564, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7564, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 14 Sep 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7564, 5th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Gilbert Theodore Haxle STEPHEN was born in 1898 in the Aboriginal Mission at Ramahyuck in Gippsland, Victoria
His parents were Harry STEPHEN & Emily Milton WOOD
He enlisted in Horsham on 28th May, 1917 and embarked with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 25th Reinforcements from Melbourne on 4th August, 1917 on the HMAT Themistocles & served on the Western Front
He returned to Australia on 6th May, 1919 due to illness and died in the 11th Australian General Hospital in Victoria of Pneumonia & Bronchitis
Gilbert is buried in the Brighton General Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Lake Tyers Honour Roll
IN MEMORY
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