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Gilbert Harold HINDLE

Regimental number3134
Place of birthTallangatta, Victoria
SchoolTallangatta State School and later Caulfield State School
Other trainingTechnical School, Swinburn, Hawthorn, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, J I Hindle, Bambra Road, Caulfield, Victoria
Previous military serviceAfter completing Cadet training served 1 year in the 29th Light Horse and qualified for Corporal.
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 April 1918
Place of death or woundingCorbie, France
Age at death21.8
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
178
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Elizabeth HINDLE, 168 Bambia Road, Caulfield, Victoria. Native of Tallangatta, Victoria

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