Topic: AIF - NZMRB - AMR
AMR, NZEF
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
Roll of Honour
Douglas Hepburn Gamble
Douglas Hepburn Gamble
A brief biography of Douglas Hepburn Gamble extracted from the Cenotaph Database hosted by the Auckland Museum.
| Full Name: | Warrant Officer Class 2 Douglas Hepburn Gamble |
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| Rank Last Held: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
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| Forename(s): | Douglas Hepburn |
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| Surname: | Gamble |
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| War: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: | 13/2191 |
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| First Known Rank: | Sergeant Major |
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| Next of Kin: | W.N. Gamble (father), care of Gamble and Griffiths, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: | Single |
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| Enlistment Address: | New Zealand Insurance Company, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Military District: | Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: | 6th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: | Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: | 14 August 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: | Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: | |
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| Vessel: | Willochra or Tofua |
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| Destination: | Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: | 253 |
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| Last Unit Served: | Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: | Egypt |
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| Date of Death: | 9 August 1916 |
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| Age at Death: | 20 |
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| Year of Death: | 1916 |
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| Cause of Death: | Killed in action. |
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| Cemetery Name: | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
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| Grave Reference: | A. 66 |
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| Sources Used: | Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, Roll of Honour, Douglas Hepburn Gamble
Posted by Project Leader
at 12:01 AM EADT
Updated: Sunday, 13 September 2009 11:38 PM EADT
