Oscar Norton Gambrill came from a family of a British merchant who lived in St Petersburg for many years. His father died when he was 12. In 1914 Oscar came to Australia and tried himself as a station hand in Longreach, in outback Queensland.
With the Light Horse Regiment he served in Gallipoli; he continued his service on the Western Front with the Division Ammunition Column as a driver, but was later transferred to his Division HQ.
After the war he took a commercial course in Clark’s college in London and was discharged in England, planning to work for a company in Southern Russia. Later he worked as a trader in Egypt, ending up a company director. He died in Egypt and was buried in Cairo.
Alfred Ullstedt, a Finish sea captain, came to Australia in 1907 and settled in the Rockhampton area, working as a sawyer. In 1913 he was involved in a mining accident.
While in the AIF, he served as a driver in Egypt and on the Western Front.
He married soon after discharge from the Army and lived in Sydney working as a painter. He served in the Garrison Battalion during WWII and died soon afterwards.
Theodor Lambahirt came from Vindava (Ventspils) in Latvia; he studied at the school of commerce in Riga and came to Australia as a sailor.
Enlisting in the AIF, he landed at Gallipoli in July 1915 with reinforcements to the 5th Battalion and was killed at the Lone Pine battle in August.
His mate from the battalion gave him a tribute in a newspaper advertisement. Lambahirt’s mother was found in Latvia and received an Australian pension.
George Poplawski from Warsaw, emigrating to Australia, worked in Cooma as a telegraphist.
He enlisted in Brisbane and sailed with reinforcements to the 15th Battalion to Egypt. He did not reach Gallipoli, being returned to Australia as medically unfit.
While still in the Army in Brisbane, he died in a tram accident.
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