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Leonard Arthur GILBERT

Regimental number70
Place of birthGeelong Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
Address4 Wellington Street, Geelong West, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs E Gilbert, 4 Wellington Street, Geelong West, Victoria
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name2nd Field Company Engineers
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Field Company Engineers
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: "19 and 23 August 1918"

FateReturned to Australia 20 October 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsCheck Ralph Alton GILBERT, Reg. 941: Religion Protestant
Date of death6 September 1928

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