Regimental number | 1074 |
Place of birth | Talbot, Victoria |
School | University High School, Melbourne, Victoria |
Other training | Accountancy student |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 41 Cole Street, Williamstown, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 140 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John C Gladstone, 41 Cole Street, Williamstown, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 30th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/47/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Oxford Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7), Ypres, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 117 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary GLADSTONES, 41 Cole Street, Williamstown, Victoria. Native of Talbot, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 1075 Corporal Vernon GLADSTONES, 30th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 February 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 11 December 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, Ferry Post, 2 May 1916. Admitted to 15th Australian Field Ambulance, 25 May 1916 (debility); discharged same day; rejoined unit, 26 May 1916. Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 29 May 1916 (neuritis); transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 1 June 1916 (neuritis: severe); to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 26 June 1916; to England, 13 August 1916, and admitted to Netherfield Road Auxiliary Hospital, Liverpool, 26 August 1916 (neuritis: slight); marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 27 September 1916. Found guilty, 28 September 1916, of being absent without leave from 2400, 22 September, to 9 am, 23 September 1916: admonished, and forfeited 1 day's pay under Royal Warrant. Attached for duty with 1st Australian Army Pay Corps, 1 November 1916. Reverted to Private, 6 March 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; rejoined 30th Bn, in the field, 30 April 1917. Killed in action, 29 September 1917. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, GLADSTONES Geoffrey |