GENTLE, Herbert
| Service Number: | 165 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Randwick, Sydney, NSW, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | November 1964, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 165, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 165, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Loxton High School
Herbert Gentle, (NO 165) was born in a small town called Randwick, in Sydney NSW. Gentle joined on the 17th of August 1914, and was considered fit for active service on the 21st of August 1914 in his home town of Randwick. Gentle was 23 years and 5 month old when he embarked on the 18th of October 1914. He was a natural born british subject, with his trade being a Labourer. Gentle served in the Camel Corps during World War One and had served 2 years in the colonial forces. He was quite a small soldier weighing 10 st. 10 lbs and sanding at 5 feet and 6 and a half inches. Gentle was not married during the war but did get married after to his wife Florence Willow. Sadly Herbert Gentle passed away in the year of 1964 at 73 years of age.