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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Surname: Gaut
Given name: Elijah
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Civil Occupation: Seaman, Storeman

SERVICE INFORMATION

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Service: Navy
Conflict: Victorian Naval Reserve Forces
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Place of Oath: Sandridge, Victoria
Date of Discharge: 1885
Rank of Discharge: Seaman
Regt/Ship/Sqdn: HMVS Cerberus
Fate: Returned to Australia
Area of Service: Australia

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Awards/Honours: None recorded
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Veteran Story: Elijah was born in 1844. As an adult he stood 5' tall, and he had dark eyes and a dark complexion. His occupation was a Seaman and at the time of his enlistment in 1880 he was working as a Storeman in Sandridge Victoria. He lived in Walter Street Sandridge. He resigned from the service in 1885.
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