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Gerald Calcutt
| Name on Board | A Calcutt |
| Name on Service Records |
Gerald Calcutt |
| Enlistment Age | 24 |
| Occupation | Bank Clerk (Bank of New South Wales) |
| Place of Birth | Williamstown, Vic |
| Next of Kin | Joseph and Lucinda Calcutt |
| Address | 12 Victoria St, Williamstown, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 15/08/1914 |
| Service No. | 474 |
| Enlistment Place | Moonee Ponds, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 19/10/1914 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Hororata A20 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 7th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 24/05/1915 |
| Unit on Death | 7th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Lance Corporal |
| Cause of Death | KIA (initially reported missing) |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Gallipoli |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Additional Information
Gerald Calcutt attended Williamstown Grammar School.
He sailed on the First Convoy of 38 ships which departed from Albany, Western Australia on 1 November 1914.
Gerald Caluctt is listed on Williamstown Town Hall Honour Board as A Calcutt.
Gerald Calcutt was with the second wave of Australians to land at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He was reported missing in May 1915 after being sent out on scouting duties. Gerald's father, Joseph Calcutt, wrote to the military and spoke with numerous returned soldiers seeking information on his son. A year after he was reported missing, in May 1916, a Court of Enquiry found he had been killed in action.
Brothers: Brendan Calcutt (2124), died in December 1916 of Septicaemia while a prisoner of war; Clare Calcutt (350) enlisted September 1914 in the 8th Light Horse Regiment, was invalided from Gallipoli and returned to Australia in July 1916. Even though Clare was discharged as medically unfit, he attempted to re-enlist twice more during the war, in 1917 and 1918.
Additional References
Military History and Heritage Victoria, Peter Fielding
The National Anzac Centre, Albany, Western Australia
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