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Arthur Hubert GILBERT

Regimental number2153
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
SchoolBurke Road Public School, Broken Hill, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFrieburg Hotel, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Gilbert, Frieburg Hotel, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date1 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 23 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 April 1917
Place of death or woundingNoreuil, France
Age at death25.5
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNoreuil Australian Cemetery (Special Memorial, B, 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Edith GILBERT, 198 Pill Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, New South Wales. Commemorated in Mitcham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2154 Pte George Clayton GILBERT, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 January 1919.

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