Participant Info

Surname

Gelding

First Name

Ernest

Initial

C

Service Number

252

Rank

sergeant

Unit Served

C Company, 1st Battalion

Service Record

Gallipoli, France

Enlistment Date

1914

Enlistment Month

August 22

Embarkation Year

1914

Embarkation Month

October 18

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 114, image page 113

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Eveline and Samuel Gelding

Parental Address

71a Belmont Road, Mosman

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Pyrmont, June 26, 1884, educated Pyrmont Superior Public School, civil servant, enlisted August 21, 1914, embarked October 18, 1914. War service: Gallipoli (landing to evacuation), Lone Pine, was awarded Military Medal (M.M.) for bravery, France (