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Frederick Walter GILBERT

Regimental number2386
Place of birthChirrup, Victoria
SchoolNil
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressCharlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rachael W Gilbert, Cherrup near Charlton, Victoria
Enlistment date10 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Persia on 10 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row N, Grave No. 20), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
72
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Nathaniel and R. GILBERT, Chirrup, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Pte Nathaniel Gilbert

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