Pte
Albert Frank Edward Gay

Information about birth

Year of birth:
1898
Place of birth:
Collingwood, Victoria, Australia

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Private
Service number:
3051
Enlistment date:
29/09/1915
Enlistment place:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Units:
 —  Australian Machine Gun Corps, 2nd Coy.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
06/11/1917
Age:
19

Cemetery

Nine Elms British Cemetery
Plot: VIII
Row: C
Grave: 22

Distinctions and medals 3

Points of interest 2

#1 Place of birth
#2 Enlistment place

Sources 2

2nd Australian Machine Gun Company, (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), AWM4 24/7/18).
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583
Sources used
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, GAY A F E).
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/NameSearch.aspx
Sources used

More information 5

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/136700
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum)
https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=853e4cc5-cd0b-4eeb-bd52-d14d6ad79997
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7445143
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum)
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5036694
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra)
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=108552