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GAMBLE, Leofwyn Ewart Gladstone
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 421 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916, Enlisted Rockhampton, Queensland. 5'11.5", 10 stone 12 pounds, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Next of Kin - Marianne Gamble, Prahran, Victoria. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Kinglake, Murrindindi, Victoria |
| Occupation: | farmer |
| Died: | Died suddenly, Rosanna, Victoria, Australia, 4 December 1972 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Cremated ashes scattered. |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 421, 11th Depot Battalion, Enlisted Rockhampton, Queensland. 5'11.5", 10 stone 12 pounds, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair. Next of Kin - Marianne Gamble, Prahran, Victoria. | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 421, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 421, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 421, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses A38 from Sierra Leone, African west coast, disembarking Devonport, Devon, England, on 28 December, 1916. | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 21st Machine Gun Company , Taken on strength of 21st Machine Gun Company from Reinforcements 25th Machine Gun Company. | |
| 27 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Machine Gun Company | |
| 23 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 21st Machine Gun Company , Embarked Southampton, per HMAT A29 Suevic. Disembarked Melbourne 10 September, 1919. Received British War and Victory Medals. | |
| 25 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 21st Machine Gun Company , Awarded the British War and Victory medals. |
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