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GAWLER, Robert George
(Service number 23/2564)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date 2 August 1894 Place of Birth Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Buchanan Road, Riccarton
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs R. P. GAWLER (mother), 47 Buchanan Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 5th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company
Date 1 April 1916
Transport Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

About 16 September 1916 gunshot wound to right leg; to Brockenhurst Hospital, England.

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date 8 September 1975 Age 81 years
Place of Death Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert George Gawler was the eldest son of Robert Pinney and Agnes (née Tully) Gawler. He was educated at Oamaru North School, finishing his education in England when the family went there in 1906. Rifleman R. G. Gawler suffered a gunshot wound to his right leg about 16 September 1916 and was sent to England to the Brokenhurst Hospital. This disability resulted in a pension. Robert married Christine O’ Callaghan in 1918. His brother William Tom Gawler died of wounds in 1918 in France, and another brother Charles John Gawler also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 June 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 June 2010]; School Admission records [04 June 2020]; Lyttelton Times, 18 October 1916 (Papers Past) [04 June 2020]

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