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Gerald GARLING

Regimental number29082
Date of birth28 August 1884
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street School; Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank accountant
Address107 Spencer Road, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusWidower
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinBrother, H C M Garling, Young, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 116
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/136/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Head Office, 26 June 1901. Transferred to Gulgong branch, March 1904; to Orange branch, January 1906; to Coonamble branch (as Accountant), December 1906; to Millthorpe branch (as Teller), February 1911; to Temora branch (as Accountant), September 1914.
FateReturned to Australia 8 July 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [2596] Lt Leslie GARLING, 45th Bn, killed in action, 7 June 1917; 2151 Pte Phillip GARLING, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 November 1917; Sergeant Frederick Hubert GARLING, Canadian Expeditionary Force, killed in action, Arras, 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 145.

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