C.+GILBERT

Gilbert, Charles, Private, 2184, 21st Bn, Australian Infantry Died 24th December 1916 Aged 32 Son of Joseph and Ellen Ann Gilbert; husband of M. J. Gilbert, of 3, Blocks and Buildings, Castle Hall, Stalybridge, England. Native of Guernsey, Channel Isles Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour Circular: Town chiefly connected: Rupanyup, Victoria Born Guernsey Castle, Guernsey, Channel Islands Killed in action at Goudecourt (sic) Employed as a teamsman and farmer Attended a Church of England School Arrived in Australia at the age of 29 Had served in the Territorials in England

Additional information from Service record, National Archives of Australia: Enlisted Melbourne, Victoria, 5th July 1915 Employed as an agricultural labourer, and had formerly been apprenticed to a shoeing smith in England Next of kin, his wife, Mary Jane, who was residing at 28, Conduit Street, Tintwistle, then later at 73, Higher Waterside, Hadfield 5 foot 6½ in height 11 stone 4lbs in weight Dark complexion Brown eyes Black hair Religion Anglican

Taken on strength of 21st Battalion at Tel el Kebir, 7th January 1916 Disembarked Marseilles 26th March 1916 Treated in hospital, France, for gastric catarrh, 16th - 25th August 1916 Killed in action 24th December 1916

1911 Census: Charles Gilbert was a 26 year old carter, residing in Crowden, near Hadfield. He was the husband of Mary Jane Gilbert, aged 27, and the father of Maud (5) and Ivy (1).

A photograph of Charles Gilbert is available from the Australian War Memorial's collection http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/DA10845


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