Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Gilbertson F J     Pte    1760    Frederick           12 Inf Bn    22    Butcher    Single    Meth       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Pascoe Vale Rd, 144 (NOK)   

Next of Kin:    Gilbertson, Martha, mother, 144 Pascoe Vale Rd, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    18 Jan 1915       

Embarked:     A15 Star of England 14 Apr 1915   

Relatives on Active Service:

5720 Pte W C Gilbertson, enlisted WA

GILBERTSON, Lance-corporal F. J, brother of
Councillor R J Gilbertson, of Moonee Ponds, in
Birmingham Hospital, from shrapnel wound;,
seen three years service. Brother, Charles Wil-
liam Gilbertson*, also serving in France, having
left a wife and seven children behind.

The Argus Monday 26 November 1917
Cite: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1665840

*5720 Pte W C Gilbertson enlisted in Western

Australia in 1916 and served with the 16 Inf Bn.

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall F-L

South Essendon Methodist Church

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours