SAFSTROM G.H.
Given Names: Gustav Harold
Service Number: 7047
Unit: 8th Battalion, 23rd reinforcements
Rank: Private
Paybook Number: 173371
Age: 26 Yrs 2 Mths
Occupation: Grocer
Marital Status: Single
Religion: Church of England
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height: 5 Ft 6¾ In
Weight: 126 Lbs
Chest: 32-34 In
Hair: Curly Brown
Eyes: Grey
Complexion: Medium
ENLISTMENT
Date Enlisted: 3/9/1916
Place: Melbourne
Next of Kin: FATHER Carl Safstrom
351 High Street, Kew, Victoria
Embarkation Date: 23/11/1916
Port: Melbourne
Ship: HMAT Hororata A20
END OF WAR
Status: Returned to Australia
Ship: Czar / Dongola
Embarked: 23/3/1919
Disembarked: 16/5/1919
Unit: 8th Battalion
Rank: Private
Discharge Date: 5/1/1920
Place: Melbourne
MEDALS AND AWARDS
14/15 Star: Not earned
British War Medal: 60219
Victory Medal: 58538
Other:
BIRTH
Date or Year: 1890
Place: Kew, Victoria
Father: Carl SAFSTROM
Mother: Sarah FORSTER
MARRIAGE
Year: 1920
Place: Victoria
Spouse: Estelle Maud GAMLIN
DEATH
Date or Year: 25/8/1968
Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Burial: Kew Cemetery, Victoria
SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
Wounded in action 20/9/1917; gun shot wound, right thigh
Wounded in action 9/8/1918; gun shot wound, left knee
MEMORIALS
Kew State School
Holy Trinity Church
Trinity Grammar
Kew War Memorial
WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE
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