Gustav Albin GUSTAFSON

GUSTAFSON, Gustav Albin

Service Numbers: 5710, 5709
Enlisted: 1 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 3rd Field Company Engineers
Born: Hjo, Sweden, 9 June 1877
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Marine Fireman
Died: Died of Wounds, Boulogne, France, 4 September 1916, aged 39 years
Cemetery: Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 12A
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

1 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5710, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 5710, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Sydney
Date unknown: Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 5709, 14th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières

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Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

"THE LATE SAPPER G. A. GUSTAFSON

Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell, of Clifton street, Maylands, have been notified that Sapper G. A. Gustafson died on September 4 from wounds received in action in France. Prior to enlisting he was in the Government service on the Poompoota irrigation works." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 20 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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