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Gordon WILBY

Regimental number474
Place of birthBeaconsfield Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressBairnsdale PO, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ida Wilby, Bairnsdale PO, Gippsland, Victoria
Enlistment date24 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
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 RollRSM
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialQuerrieu British Cemetery (Row B, Grave 31), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
100
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Orpheus George and Mary WILBY

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