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Ernest Charles GABBE

Regimental number5351
Place of birthRavenswood, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTailor
AddressBellevue Parade, Hurstville, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation41
Next of kinWife, Mrs Catherine Gabbe, Bellevue Parade, Hurstville, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 September 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: August and Henrietta GABBE. Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death21 July 1935
Age at death60
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, New South Wales

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