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Edwin Middleton GILBERT

Regimental number4979
Place of birthBalham, Surrey, England
SchoolSt Ives Grammar School, Huntingdon, England
Age on arrival in Australia27
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Addressc/o Broomehill PO, Broomehill, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, Arthur Middleton Gilbert, 82 Windsor Road, Southport, Lancs, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFranvilles, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialFranvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 17), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
113
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Gertrude GILBERT, 71 Ridge Road, Stroud Green, London, England. native of Balham, London
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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