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ARCHBOLD, Gerald
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 20006, NX70323, N78949 / NX70323, N78949 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Australian General Hospital |
| Born: | Narara, New South Wales, Australia, 12 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Narara, Gosford Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Tamworth Lincoln Grove Memorial Gardens and Crematorium |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 20006, Gerald was 20 years and 6 months when he enlisted. Posted to Field Hospital, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW, then No. 4 A.G.H. Randwich, Sydney, NSW on 19th Nov 1917 until he shipped out. | |
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| 3 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 20006, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 20006, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Lydelton embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 20006, Army Medical Corps (AIF), SS Port Lydelton, Sydney | |
| 3 Aug 1918: | Transferred 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Disembarked: Suez; Unit R.O. No.9, Rank: V.O. Corporal (E.D.P). 4th August 1918: Rank of Cpl reverts to Trooper and marched in to A.A.M.C. Triag, Cadre. 15th August 1918; Taken on strength to 4L.H.F. Amb (4th Light Horse Field Ambulance) | |
| 20 Aug 1918: | Transferred 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Taken to 76 CC Stn: Admitted: Dysentry - 24th August 1918 Gerald was at 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza and off serious list - 10th Sep 1918 he was transferred to Kantara - 12th September 1918 he was admitted to Kantara (Egypt) - 25th November 1918 marched in x 14th AGH, Port Said - 5th December 1918 to Moascar (Egypt), - 5th December 1918; Marched out 4 L.H.F.A. - 31st December 1918: Admitted to 21st General (Alex), Paysenteric Adhessions - Adhassia to Colon - 26th Jan 1919: Invalided to Australia, (Dyacutric Adhesions) Suez. | |
| 26 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, 20006, Embarked: Suez per HT “Demosthenes” - Disembarked: 4th April 1919 | |
| 4 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 20006, Rank on Discharge: Acting Corporal - Medically unfit, adhesions |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Jun 1940: | Enlisted NX70323 | |
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| 23 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, N78949 / NX70323, AN&MEF Army Medical Corps , Medical Practitioner. | |
| 23 Sep 1940: | Enlisted N78949 | |
| 20 Jan 1941: | Discharged N78949 | |
| 4 Mar 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Captain, NX70323, 2nd/1st Australian General Hospital |
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