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Keith Nile GILBERT

Regimental number4798
Place of birthTasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressUlverstone, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinWife, Mrs R M Gilbert, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in Military Naval Force
Enlistment date14 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBulls road Cemetery (Special Memorial No. 3), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr. W. and Mrs. A. GILBERT; husband of Rose GILBERT, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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