Gilbert TENNANT

Regimental number3485
Place of birthInsch, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGardener
AddressSurrey Hills, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Tennant, 'Del Monte', Mercer Road, Malvern, Victoria
Enlistment date27 March 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row O, Grave Nod. 25), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth TENNANT; husband of Mary TENNANT, 12 Sorrett Avenue, Malvern, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal