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Francis Leopold GALE

Regimental number380
Place of birthElliott, Tasmania
SchoolElliott State School
Other trainingCarpenter
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressElliott, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, George Gale, Elliott via Burnie, Tasmania
Enlistment date9 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 1 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 2 September 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Nature of wounds: gas
Date of death30 August 1918
Age at death20.11
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt Marie Cemetery, (Division 62, Plot V, Row A., Grave No. 10), Le Havre, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
132
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Catherine Grace GALE, of Elliott, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Private 381 Lynden Thomas GALE, 40th Battalion, B Company, returned to Australia 18 October 1917; 382 Private Wilfred George GALE, 40th Battalion, B Company, returned to Australia 27 May 1919, First Cousins: 371 Private John FLEMING, 40th Battalion, B Company, killed in action 2 May 1917, Belgium; 194 Private Alfred Claude Matthew FLEMING, 40th Battalion, A Company, died of wounds, 17 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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