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GILBERT, John
(Service number 6/4250)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	20 June 1872	Place of Birth	London

Enlistment Information

Date	16 December 1915	Age	43 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	Studholme
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Royal Navy - 9 years. Purchased discharge.
Marital Status	Widower. One daughter
Next of Kin	Miss Florence GILBERT (daughter), Thetford Rectory, Norfolk, England
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	New Zealand Armed Forces (?)	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

27 September 1916, France - wounded

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	25 December 1939	Age	67 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 105, Plot 1
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Gilbert was born on 20 June 1872 in London. He married Florence Whybrow on 15 June 1892 in London. Their daughter Florence was born on 14 September 1893 at Stephney, London. He embarked as a stowway.

Sources

Cenotaph Database record not identified. Timaru cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [04 December 2016]

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