GAMBLE, Bertie Edward
| Service Number: | NX42260 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Reinforcements WW1 |
| Born: | Nottingham, England, 21 September 1901 |
| Home Town: | Kings Cross, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 15 August 1956, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX42260 | |
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| 8 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), NX42260, 22/23 RFTS Place of Enlistment PADDINGTON, NSW | |
| 8 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX42260 | |
| 4 Feb 1944: | Involvement Lance Corporal, Reinforcements WW1 | |
| 4 Feb 1944: | Discharged Lance Corporal | |
| 4 Feb 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX42260 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Gamble [nee Drew] and the brother of Mary, Fanny (who was born at sea in the Thames estuary) and Nellie Gamble. In 1901 they lived at 43 Burns Street Nottingham. Thomas was a self-employed lace manufacturer. In 1911 the family, but not Bertie, lived at 12 Musters Road West Bridgford Nottingham. Thomas was an embroidery manufacturer and Elizabeth a boarding house keeper. They had two lodgers.
It is possible that he lied about his age and saw service in WWI because the Nottingham Evening Post published an obituary 16 April 1917: ‘Gamble. Killed in action April 9th Corporal Bert (Sonny) Gamble, AIF, age 27, only son of Tom and Elizabeth Gamble, Forest Road.’ He was not however a casualty of the Great War. Gamble's mother was from South Australia and his sister Mary was born in Adelaide. Bertie seems to have emigrated between 1901 and 1911 and may well have lodged in the first instance with maternal relatives.
Births Dec 1889 Gamble Bertie Edward Nottingham
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