Regimental number | 4150 |
Place of birth | Marylands South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Augusta Street, Maylands, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Gilbert, Augusta Street, Maylands, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 12th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Pay Corps |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
MSM Recommendation date: Meritorious Service Medal Recommendation date: |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Medals |
Meritorious Service Medal 'For conspicuous service during the period 16th/17th September, 1918, to 11th November, 1918. Sergeant GILBERT has carried out the duties entrusted to him as Pay Sergeant of his Battalion in a most efficient and praiseworthy manner. He has proved himself a thoroughly reliable and painstaking N.C.O. fully conversant with all financial matters relative to the Battalion, and has at all times displayed conspicuous devotion to duty.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 113 Date: |
Other details | Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death |