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Gilbert BALINSWELLA

Regimental number4079
Place of birthArarat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Stawell, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSleeper cutter
AddressKalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabella Balinswella, Ararat, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 9 April 1918
Place of death or woundingDernacourt, France
Date of death9 April 1918
Age at death42
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialDernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row H, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: peter and Isabella Currant Bahinswella, husband of Nellie Balinswella, Hewitt Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Native of Stawell, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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