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Berty Cecil GILBERTHORPE

Regimental number2372
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWicker worker
Address221 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Gilberthorpe, 221 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Enlistment date23 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A75 Ballarat on 6 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 November 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Spelt Bertie Cecil Gilberthorpe on NR
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialDartmoor Cemtetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 13), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
91
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Bella GILBERTHORPE; husband of Mildred GILBERTHORPE, 221 Crown Street, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother in law: Pte Henry Tuson Smith, killed in action.

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