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Norcliffe Esca GABBETT

Regimental number1167
Place of birthHastings Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressPakenham, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mariong Gabbett, Pakenham, Victoria
Enlistment date15 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 November 1915
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialAri Burnu Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 25), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Captain John Norcliffe GABBETT and Marian Auriol GABBETT, Mentone, Victoria. Native of Hastings, Western Port, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 845 Pte Edward Norcliffe GABBETT, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 25 November 1917; 2846 Driver Ernest Poole GABBETT, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 7 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll GABBETH.

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